Cydrela

Cydrela is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1873 by Tamerlan Thorell.^[2]

Cydrela
Male C. schoemanae
Male C. schoemanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Cydrela Thorell, 1873[1]
Type species
Cydrela unguiculata
Species
15, see text

Most of its species are found in Africa, with four described species from Thailand to China.^[1] C. insularis is endemic to Socotra.^[1]

Species

As of September 2025^[update], this genus includes fifteen species:^[1]

• Cydrela albopilosa Simon & Fage, 1922 – Kenya
• Cydrela decidua Dankittipakul & Jocqué, 2006 – Thailand
• Cydrela friedlanderae Hewitt, 1914 – South Africa
• Cydrela insularis (Pocock, 1899) – Yemen (Socotra)
• Cydrela kenti Lessert, 1933 – Angola
• Cydrela likui Lin & Li, 2023 – Vietnam
• Cydrela linzhiensis (Hu, 2001) – China
• Cydrela nasuta Lessert, 1936 – Mozambique
• Cydrela otavensis Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
• Cydrela pristina Dankittipakul & Jocqué, 2006 – Thailand
• Cydrela schoemanae Jocqué, 1991 – South Africa
• Cydrela spinifrons Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
• Cydrela spinimana Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
• Cydrela stigmatica (Simon, 1876) – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
• Cydrela unguiculata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – South Africa (type species)