Cercidia

Cercidia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species.[1]

Cercidia
Cercidia prominens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Cercidia
Thorell, 1869[1]
Type species
C. prominens
(Westring, 1851)
Species
  • C. levii Marusik, 1985 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
  • C. prominens (Westring, 1851) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
  • C. punctigera Simon, 1889 – India

References
  1. "Gen. Cercidia Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 1–108.


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