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Genus: Cithaeron O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 | Family: Cithaeronidae Simon, 1893

Cithaeron contentum Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2025

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044426

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa m (2012/707) - (Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Cithaeron contentum Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2011: 209, f. 1-2 (m; nomen nudum, no type depository)

Cithaeron contentum Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021e: 5, p. 4: 1 f., p. 5: 5 f. (m, f habitus)

Cithaeron contentum Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2025: 316 (Dm) Original description

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021e). The Cithaeronidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 6 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6622971 -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. & Russell-Smith, A. (2011). A new species of Cithaeron from South Africa (Araneae: Cithaeronidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15(6): 209-210. doi: 10.13156/arac.2011.15.6.209 -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. & Russell-Smith, A. (2025). A brief description and type depository for a new Cithaeron from South Africa (Araneae: Cithaeronidae). Arachnology 20(2): 316. doi: 10.13156/arac.2025.20.2.316 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2025
2025-07-02	Species updated	Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2025	Old value	New status
2022-06-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021e