Genus Cethegus Thorell, 1881

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cethegus Thorell, T. 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 17: 1-727 [240].

  Type species:

   Cethegus lugubris Thorell, 1881 by original designation.
• Palaevagrus Simon, E. 1908. Araneae. Pt 1. pp. 359-446 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Fauna Südwest-Australiens. 1(12). Jena : Fischer. [365].

  Type species:

   Palaevagrus fugax Simon, 1908 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Main, B.Y. 1960. The genus Cethegus Thorell (Mygalomorphae: Macrothelinae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 43: 30-34

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

General References

Opatova, V., Hamilton, C.A., Hedin, M., Montes de Oca, L., Král, J. & Bond, J.E. 2020. Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data. Systematic Biology 69(4): 671-707 [698] (moved from previous position in family Dipluridae)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MYGALOMORPHAE Pocock, 1892	16-Apr-2021	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)