Genus 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.

Type species. Cytaea alburna Keyserling, 1882 [subsequently designated by Simon (1903)] = Plexippus severus Thorell 1881, synonymized by Żabka (1991).

Remarks. The diagnosis and description of the genus were given by Berry et al. (1998) and Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold (2010, 2013). Due to the great number of new species to be described, a re-definition and description will be provided at the end of this project.