Cebrennus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Cerbalopsis.[4]

Cebrennus
C. rechenbergi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Cebrennus
Simon, 1880[1]
Type species
C. wagae
(Simon, 1874)
Species

19, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cerbalopsis Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966[2]

The Moroccan flic-flac spider (C. rechenbergi), that uses a flic-flac motion to escape threats, was first described in 2014.[5]

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains nineteen species, found in Africa, Asia, on Malta, and in Spain:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Cebrennus Simon, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  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.