Cyphonisia Simon 1889

Genus Cyphonisia Simon, 1889 (Figs 2-9) Cyphonisia Simon, 1889: 410. TYPE SPECIES. — Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889. DIAGNOSIS. — Cyphonisia differs from Pisenor Simon, 1889 by the eyes group square-shaped, where the lateral anterior eyes separated by twice their size (Figs 2D; 3D; 6D; 7D) and by the presence of posterior median spinnerets (Figs 2F; 3F; 5B; 6E; 7F). Males resemble Pisenor by the tibial apophysis composed of two spurs with curved spines (Figs 4F; 5F; 8F), but can be differentiated by the male palpal bulb with a long thin embolus, twice the length of subtegulum, except in C. itombwensis Benoit, 1966 (Fig. 4 G-J), and by the cymbium of the male not projected, except in C. kissi (Benoit, 1966) (Fig. 5 C-E). INCLUDED SPECIES. — Cyphonisia affinitata Strand, 1907; C. annulata Benoit, 1966; C. itombwensis Benoit, 1966; C. kissi (Benoit, 1966); C. maculata (Roewer, 1953); C. maculipes Strand, 1906; C. manicata Simon, 1907; C. nesiote s Simon, 1907; C. nigella (Simon, 1889); C. obesa Simon, 1889; C. rastellata Strand, 1907; C. soleata Thorell, 1899; Cyphonisia straba Benoit, 1966. DISTRIBUTION. — Cameroon, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Ghana, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Tanzania.