Cebrennus

Cebrennus
C. rechenbergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Cebrennus
Simon, 1880
Type species
C. wagae
(Simon, 1874)
Species

19, see text

Synonyms
  • Cerbalopsis Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966

Cebrennus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of Cerbalopsis.

The Moroccan flic-flac spider (C. rechenbergi), that uses a flic-flac motion to escape threats, was first described in 2014.

Species

As of September 2025 it contains twenty-one species, found in Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe (on Malta, and in Spain):

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Cebrennus Simon, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 26.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2025. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  2. ↑ Jäger, P. (2000). "The huntsman spider genus Cebrennus: four new species and a preliminary key to known species". Revue Arachnologique. 13: 165.
  3. ↑ Simon, E. (1880). "Description de Micrommata ophthalmica et de Cebrennus pulcherrimus, d'Algérie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 10 (5): 64–65.
  4. ↑ Jézéquel, J.-F.; Junqua, C. (1966). "Les araignées du Grand Erg occidental (Sahara Algérien)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 37: 969.
  5. ↑ Jäger, P. (2014). "Cebrennus Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Sparassidae): a revisionary up-date with the description of four new species and an updated identification key for all species". Zootaxa. 3790 (2): 109–127. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.4. PMID 24869871.