Cithaeron praedonius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872
Description
Male
Retrolateral tibial apophysis small, triangular, tip directed prolaterally. Bulbus with relatively large median apophysis. Prosoma length: 1.14-1.73 mm.
Body length male: 2.56-3.49 mmFemale
Epigyne with anteromedian hood. Prosoma length: 1.32-2.50 mm.
Body length female: 5.02-5.38 mmAdditional information
Under Stones.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Platnick 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Platnick 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Platnick 1991)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Platnick 1991)
Epigyne
(Cubas-Rodríguez et al. 2022)
Epigyne
(Murcia-Moreno & Gálvez 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Platnick 1991)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Cubas-Rodríguez et al. 2022)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Miranda et al. 2024)
Vulva, ventral view
(Miranda et al. 2024)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 
Cubas-Rodríguez A, Lara-Cabello V C, Desales-Lara M A, Chamé-Vázquez D (2022) Elusive introduced and synanthropic spiders (Araneae: Cithaeronidae, Gnaphosidae): new records from Mexico, Honduras, and Brazil. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 97: 261-265
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Miranda R J, Pérez-Pérez J I, Bermúdez C S E (2024) Primer registro Cithaeron praedonius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 (Araneae: Cithaeronidae) en Panamá. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 44: 140-142
Murcia-Moreno D, Gálvez D (2025) Introduced spiders in Panama: species distributions and new records. Biology 14(4): 1-17
Platnick N I (1991) A revision of the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3018: 1-13
Platnick N I, Gajbe U A (1994) Supplementary notes on the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Journal of Arachnology 22: 82-83
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2