Cytaea Keyserling, 1882

Cytaea Keyserling, 1882: 1380 –1381; Simon 1903: 810 –817; Żabka 1991: 24; Berry et al. 1998: 150 –151; Murphy & Murphy 2000: 349; Patoleta & Gardzińska 2010: 631 –632; Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold 2010: 162; Prószyński & Deeleman- Reinhold 2013: 117–118; Patoleta & Trębicki 2015: 556, Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 31.

Type species: Cytaea alburna Keyserling, 1882 [= Cytaea severa (Thorell, 1881)], by subsequent designation.

Remark. Berry et al. (1998) distinguished Cytaea from the other genera by the combination of the following characters: retromargin of chelicera with one bicuspid tooth, promargin with 3 to 6 (usually 4 to 5) teeth. All tibiae, patellae and metatarsi normally with lateral spines; rarely metatarsus I lacks them. Tibiae each with a dorsal spine near base, sometimes lacking on tibiae I and II. Palpal tibiae and patellae are very short, as wide as long or wider. The epigynal septum is narrow and the epigynal fossa without an internal sclerotized pouch.