Cicynethus

Cicynethus
C. decoratus
female C. subtropicalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Cicynethus
Simon, 1910
Type species
Cicynethus acanthopus
Species

7, see text

Cicynethus is a genus of southern African spiders in the family Zodariidae with seven species. It was first described in 1910 by Eugène Simon, including his earlier described species C. peringueyi.

Distribution

All species are endemic to Southern Africa, with four only found in South Africa.

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes seven species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Genus Cicynethus". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Simon, Eugène (1910). Schulze, L (ed.). Arachnoidea: Araneae (II.) in Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. Vol. 16. Jena: Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. pp. 175–218.