Cyrtognatha

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Cyrtognatha
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Cyrtognatha
Keyserling, 1881[1]
Type species
C. nigrovittata
Keyserling, 1881
Species

21, see text

Synonyms[1]

Cyrtognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.[3] It is a senior synonym of Agriognatha.[2] Species of this genus are found in The Americas.

Species[edit]

As of October 2019 it contains twenty-one species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama:[1]

In synonymy:

  • C. argyra (Bryant, 1945) = Cyrtognatha rucilla (Bryant, 1945)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ^ a b Dimitrov, D.; Hormiga, G. (2009). "Revision and cladistic analysis of the orbweaving spider genus Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 317: 30. doi:10.1206/317.1. S2CID 84110902.
  3. ^ Keyserling, E. (1881). "Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 31: 269–314. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20318.