Cyrtauchenius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985.
Species
it contains fourteen species, almost all from Algeria:
- Cyrtauchenius artifex <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius bedeli <small>Simon, 1881</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius bicolor <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius castaneiceps <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius dayensis <small>Simon, 1881</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius inops <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius latastei <small>Simon, 1881</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius longipalpus <small>(Denis, 1945)</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius luridus <small>Simon, 1881</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius maculatus <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius structor <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius talpa <small>Simon, 1891</small> â USA
- Cyrtauchenius terricola <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> (type) â Algeria
- Cyrtauchenius vittatus <small>Simon, 1881</small> â Algeria
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