Cyrtognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of Agriognatha. Species of this genus are found in The Americas.
Species
it contains twenty-one species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama:
- Cyrtognatha atopica <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Argentina
- Cyrtognatha bella <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)</small> â Costa Rica
- Cyrtognatha bryantae <small>(Chickering, 1956)</small> â Jamaica
- Cyrtognatha catia <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Colombia
- Cyrtognatha eberhardi <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Brazil
- Cyrtognatha espanola <small>(Bryant, 1945)</small> â Hispaniola
- Cyrtognatha insolita <small>(Chickering, 1956)</small> â Costa Rica, Panama
- Cyrtognatha lepida <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small> â Panama
- Cyrtognatha leviorum <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Panama
- Cyrtognatha morona <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Ecuador
- Cyrtognatha nigrovittata <small>Keyserling, 1881</small> (type) â Peru
- Cyrtognatha orphana <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Brazil
- Cyrtognatha pachygnathoides <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894)</small> â Costa Rica, Panama
- Cyrtognatha paradoxa <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Mexico
- Cyrtognatha pathetica <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Guatemala
- Cyrtognatha petila <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Mexico
- Cyrtognatha quichua <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Ecuador
- Cyrtognatha rucilla <small>(Bryant, 1945)</small> â Hispaniola
- Cyrtognatha serrata <small>Simon, 1898</small> â Martinique, St. Vincent
- Cyrtognatha simoni <small>(Bryant, 1940)</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtognatha waorani <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009</small> â Ecuador
In synonymy:
- C. argyra <small>(Bryant, 1945)</small> = Cyrtognatha rucilla <small>(Bryant, 1945)</small>
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