Coenoptychus

Coenoptychus is a genus of African and Asian corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species,[1] two of which were transferred from Graptartia in 2018.[3]

Coenoptychus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Coenoptychus
Simon, 1885[1]
Type species
C. pulcher
Simon, 1885
Species
  • C. mutillicus (Haddad, 2004) – Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa
  • C. pulcher Simon, 1885 – India, Sri Lanka
  • C. tropicalis (Haddad, 2004) – Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Tanzania, South Africa

References
  1. "Gen. Coenoptychus Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  2. Simon, E. (1885). "Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. I. Arachnides recueillis à Wagra-Karoor près Gundacul, district de Bellary par M. M. Chaper. II. Arachnides recueillis à Ramnad, district de Madura par M. l'abbé Fabre". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 10: 1–39.
  3. Paul, J.; et al. (2018). "A review of the wasp mimicking spider genus Coenoptychus Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae)". Zootaxa. 4413 (1): 170.


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