Cesonia
genus of arachnids
Cesonia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.
Species
As of May 2019 it contains thirty-one species:
Cesonia aspida Chatzaki, 2002 – Greece (Crete), Turkey
Cesonia bilineata (Hentz, 1847) (type) – North America
Cesonia bixleri Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – USA
Cesonia boca Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Panama
Cesonia bryantae Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Jamaica
Cesonia cana Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Jamaica
Cesonia cerralvo Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico
Cesonia chickeringi Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Jamaica
Cesonia cincta (Banks, 1909) – Cuba
Cesonia classica Chamberlin, 1924 – California, Nevada, Arizona, Mexico
Cesonia coala Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico
Cesonia cuernavaca Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico
Cesonia desecheo Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Puerto Rico, Virgin Is.
Cesonia ditta Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Dominican Rep.
Cesonia elegans (Simon, 1892) – St. Vincent, Dominica
Cesonia gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Southern Arizona, Mexico
Cesonia grisea (Banks, 1914) – Cuba
Cesonia irvingi (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Southern tip of Florida, Bahamas, Cuba
Cesonia iviei Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico
Cesonia josephus (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940) – USA
Cesonia lacertosa Chickering, 1949 – Panama
Cesonia leechi Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico
Cesonia lugubris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico, Honduras
Cesonia maculata Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – St.
“Cesonia” enters the record as genus of arachnids. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cesonia, genus and arachnids can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Cesonia” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Cesonia, genus and arachnids provides the most credible route into that argument.
The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 12, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2547298. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1893, 2019, 2002 and 1847.
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