Cispius (spider)

Cispius is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[3]

Cispius
C. kimbius in Pretoria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pisauridae
Genus:	Cispius Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
C. variegatus Simon, 1898
Species
9, see text
Synonyms[1]
Cispiomma Roewer, 1955[2]

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains nine species, found only in Africa:^[1]

• Cispius affinis Lessert, 1916 – East Africa
• Cispius bidentatus Lessert, 1936 – Central, East Africa
• Cispius kimbius Blandin, 1978 – South Africa
• Cispius maruanus (Roewer, 1955) – West, Central Africa
• Cispius problematicus Blandin, 1978 – Congo
• Cispius simoni Lessert, 1915 – East Africa
• Cispius strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
• Cispius thorelli Blandin, 1978 – Congo
• Cispius variegatus Simon, 1898 (type) – Congo

See also

• List of Pisauridae species