Cesonia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.[3]

Cesonia
C. bilineata from Virginia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Cesonia
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
C. bilineata
(Hentz, 1847)
Species

31, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Eilicina Bryant, 1940[2]

Species edit

As of May 2019 it contains thirty-one species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Cesonia Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1980). "A revision of the spider genus Cesonia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 165: 339.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Genus Cesonia". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-04.