Cerbalus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Marmarica.[2]
| Cerbalus | |
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| Cerbalus aravaensis in the Sands of Samar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Cerbalus Simon, 1897[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. pulcherrimus (Simon, 1880)
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| Species | |
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8, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editAs of September 2019[update] it contains eight species, found in Africa, Israel, Jordan, and on the Canary Islands:[1]
- Cerbalus alegranzaensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Cerbalus aravaensis Levy, 2007 – Israel, Jordan
- Cerbalus ergensis Jäger, 2000 – Tunisia
- Cerbalus negebensis Levy, 1989 – Israel
- Cerbalus pellitus Kritscher, 1960 – Egypt
- Cerbalus psammodes Levy, 1989 – Egypt, Israel
- Cerbalus pulcherrimus (Simon, 1880) (type) – North Africa
- Cerbalus verneaui (Simon, 1889) – Canary Is.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Cerbalus Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ a b Levy, G. (1989). "The family of huntsman spiders in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Journal of Zoology, London. 217: 141. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02480.x.
- ^ Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.