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| Chariobas | |
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| Female C. navigator | |
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| Male C. lineatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Chariobas Simon[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chariobas cylindraceus | |
| Species | |
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Chariobas is an African genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae with five described species. It was first erected in 1893 by Eugène Simon.[2]
Distribution
[edit]All species are found in Africa from Ethiopia to West and southern Africa, with three species endemic to South Africa.[1]
Species
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female C. lineatus
C. navigator
As of September 2025[update], this genus includes five species:[1]
- Chariobas armatissimus Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia
- Chariobas cylindraceus Simon, 1893 – Ivory Coast, Gabon, Rep. Congo, Tanzania, Angola, South Africa (type species)
- Chariobas lineatus Pocock, 1900 – South Africa
- Chariobas mamillatus Strand, 1909 – South Africa
- Chariobas navigator Strand, 1909 – South Africa
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Genus Chariobas". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ Simon, Eugène Louis (1893), Histoire naturelle des araignées, vol. 1 (2nd ed.), Paris: Roret, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973, p. 318
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