Callevophthalmus

Callevophthalmus is a genus of Australian cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1906.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species: C. albus and C. maculatus.[1] Originally placed in the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the Dictynidae in 1967.[3]

Callevophthalmus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Callevophthalmus
Simon, 1906[1]
Type species
C. albus
(Keyserling, 1890)
Species
  • C. albus (Keyserling, 1890) – Australia (mainland, Lord Howe Is.)
  • C. maculatus (Keyserling, 1890) – Australia (New South Wales)

References
  1. "Gen. Callevophthalmus Simon, 1906". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Simon, E. (1906). "Etude sur les araignées de la section des cribellates". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 50: 284–308.
  3. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 220.


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