Ceraarachne is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1880.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Ceraarachne Keyserling, 1880[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. varia Keyserling, 1880
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Species
editAs of June 2020[update] it contains four species, found in Colombia and Brazil:[1]
- Ceraarachne blanci (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Brazil
- Ceraarachne germaini Simon, 1886 – Brazil
- Ceraarachne goyannensis Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
- Ceraarachne varia Keyserling, 1880 (type) – Colombia
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Ceraarachne Keyserling, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
- ^ Teixeira, R. A.; Campos, L. A.; Lise, A. A. (2014). "Phylogeny of Aphantochilinae and Strophiinae sensu Simon (Araneae; Thomisidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (1): 74. doi:10.1111/zsc.12036.
- ^ Keyserling, E. (1880). Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–283. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
Further reading
edit- Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929). "Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 31: 9–359.
- Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1925). "Pequenas notas arachnologicas". Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 1: 455–463.
- Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1917). "Generos e especies novas de araneidos". Archivos da Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinaria, Rio de Janeiro. 1: 3–19.
- Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.