Cerbalus
Genus of spiders
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Cerbalus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Marmarica.[2]
| Cerbalus | |
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| Cerbalus aravaensis in the Sands of Samar | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Cerbalus Simon, 1897[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. pulcherrimus (Simon, 1880) | |
| Species | |
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8, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
As of September 2019[update] it contains eight species, found in Africa, the Levant, and on the Canary Islands:[1]
- Cerbalus alegranzaensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Cerbalus aravaensis Levy, 2007 – Israel, Jordan
- Cerbalus ergensis Jäger, 2000 – Tunisia
- Cerbalus negebensis Levy, 1989 – Israel
- Cerbalus pellitus Kritscher, 1960 – Egypt
- Cerbalus psammodes Levy, 1989 – Egypt, Israel
- Cerbalus pulcherrimus (Simon, 1880) (type) – North Africa
- Cerbalus verneaui (Simon, 1889) – Canary Is.