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Cyatholipidae

Cyatholipidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1894. Most live in moist montane forest, though several species, including Scharffia rossi, live in dry savannah regions. They occur in Africa, including Madagascar, New Zealand and Australia, and one species (Pokennips dentipes) in Jamaica. Most members of this family hang beneath sheet webs. Fossil species occur in the Eocene aged Bitterfield and Baltic Ambers, suggesting a wider geographic distribution in the past.

Genera

, this family includes 23 genera and 58 species:

  • Alaranea <small>, 1997</small> – Madagascar
  • Buibui <small>Griswold, 2001</small> – Cameroon, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya
  • Cyatholipus <small>Simon, 1894</small> – South Africa
  • Forstera <small>Koçak & Kemal, 2008</small> – Australia
  • Hanea <small>Forster, 1988</small> – New Zealand
  • Ilisoa <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – South Africa
  • Isicabu <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – Tanzania, South Africa
  • Kubwa <small>Griswold, 2001</small> – Tanzania
  • Lordhowea <small>Griswold, 2001</small> – Australia
  • Matilda <small>Forster, 1988</small> – Australia
  • Pembatatu <small>Griswold, 2001</small> – Kenya, Tanzania
  • Pokennips <small>Griswold, 2001</small> – South Africa
  • Scharffia <small>Griswold, 1997</small> – Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania
  • Teemenaarus <small>Davies, 1978</small> – Australia
  • Tekella <small>Urquhart, 1894</small> – New Zealand
  • Tekellatus <small>Wunderlich, 1978</small> – Australia
  • Tekelloides <small>Forster, 1988</small> – New Zealand
  • Ubacisi <small>Griswold, 2001</small> – South Africa
  • Ulwembua <small>Griswold, 1987</small> – Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa
  • Umwani <small>Griswold, 2001</small> – Malawi, Tanzania
  • Uvik <small>Griswold, 2001</small> – Congo, Uganda
  • Vazaha <small>Griswold, 1997</small> – Madagascar
  • Wanzia <small>Griswold, 1998</small> – Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea

In addition, five fossil genera are known.

  • †Balticolipus <small>Wunderlich, 2004</small> (Bitterfield and Baltic Ambers)
  • †Cyathosuccinus <small>Wunderlich, 2004</small> (Baltic Amber)
  • †Erigolipus <small>Wunderlich, 2004</small> (Baltic Amber)
  • †Spinilipus <small>Wunderlich, 1993</small> (Bitterfield and Baltic Ambers)
  • †Succinilipus <small>Wunderlich, 1993</small> (Bitterfield and Baltic Ambers)

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