| Cicynethus | |
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| C. decoratus | |
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| female C. subtropicalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Cicynethus Simon, 19101 |
| Type species | |
| Cicynethus acanthopus | |
| Species | |
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Cicynethus is a genus of southern African spiders in the family Zodariidae with seven species.1 It was first described in 1910 by Eugène Simon, including his earlier described species C. peringueyi.2
Distribution
All species are endemic to Southern Africa, with four only found in South Africa.1
Species
As of September 2025, this genus includes seven species:1
- Cicynethus acanthopus Simon, 1910 – Namibia (type species)
- Cicynethus acer Jocqué & Henrard, 2018 – Mozambique, South Africa
- Cicynethus decoratus (Lawrence, 1952) – South Africa
- Cicynethus floriumfontis Jocqué, 1991 – South Africa
- Cicynethus mossambicus Jocqué & Henrard, 2018 – Mozambique
- Cicynethus peringueyi (Simon, 1893) – South Africa
- Cicynethus subtropicalis (Lawrence, 1952) – South Africa
References
References
- "Genus Cicynethus". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- Simon, Eugène (1910). Schulze, L (ed.). Arachnoidea: Araneae (II.) in Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. Vol. 16. Jena: Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. pp. 175–218.