First record of the family Cithaeronidae Simon (Arachnida, Araneae) from Cuba, in the Caribbean Region
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The species Cithaeron praedonius O. P.-Cambridge is recorded from eastern Cuba. This is the first record of the family Cithaeronidae in the Caribbean Region. The presence in Cuba of this species is an accidental introduction, but its source is unknown.
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Cithaeronidae, new record, Cuba, Caribbean
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Platnick, N. I. 1990. Spinneret morphology and the phylogeny of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 2978: 1-42.
Platnick, N. I. 1991. A revision of the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3018: 1-13.
Platnick, N. I. 2002. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 271: 1-243.
Platnick, N. I. 2013. The world spider catalog, version 13.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog. DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001. Accessed: May 1, 2013.
Platnick, N. I. and U. A. Gajbe. 1994. Supplementary notes on the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Journal of Arachnology 22: 82-83.
Carvalho, L.S., A. B. Bonaldo and A. D. Brescovit. 2007. The first record of the family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea) to the new world. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 24(2): 512-514.
Edwards G. B. and J. T. Stiles. 2011. The first North American records of the synanthropic spider Cithaeron praedonius O. P.-Cambridge (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea: Cithaeronidae), with notes on its biology. Insecta Mundi 0187: 1-7.
Fong G., A., D. Maceira F., W. S. Alverson, and J. M. Shopland, eds. 2005. Cuba: SiboneyJuticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago.
Platnick, N. I. 1990. Spinneret morphology and the phylogeny of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 2978: 1-42.
Platnick, N. I. 1991. A revision of the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3018: 1-13.
Platnick, N. I. 2002. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 271: 1-243.
Platnick, N. I. 2013. The world spider catalog, version 13.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog. DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001. Accessed: May 1, 2013.
Platnick, N. I. and U. A. Gajbe. 1994. Supplementary notes on the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Journal of Arachnology 22: 82-83.
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Sánchez Ruiz, A., & Brescovit, A. D. (2013). First record of the family Cithaeronidae Simon (Arachnida, Araneae) from Cuba, in the Caribbean Region. Novitates Caribaea, (6), 89–91. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i6.124
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