Citharacanthus is a genus of New World tarantulas. They are found in Central America and the Antilles.[1]
| Citharacanthus | |
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| Citharacanthus spp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901[1] |
| Species | |
Species edit
As of August 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 7 species:[1]
- Citharacanthus alayoni Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba
- Citharacanthus cyaneus (Rudloff, 1994) – Cuba
- Citharacanthus livingstoni Schmidt & Weinmann, 1996 – Guatemala
- Citharacanthus longipes (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (type species) – Mexico, Central America
- Citharacanthus meermani Reichling & West, 2000 – Belize
- Citharacanthus niger Franganillo, 1931 – Cuba
- Citharacanthus spinicrus (Latreille, 1819) – Cuba, Hispaniola
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
- Pocock, R.I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of South American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7. 8: 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359.
External links edit
Data related to Citharacanthus at Wikispecies
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