Cyphonisia Simon, 1889: 410 Illustrated Catalog of African brush-footed trapdoor spiders: type specimens from the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae) Gonzalez-Filho, Hector M. O. Colpani-Sartori, Maria Tereza Henrard, Arnaud Guadanucci, José Paulo L. Brescovit, Antonio D. Zoosystema 2024 2024-10-15 46 26 671 695 3YQP Simon, 1889 Simon 1889 [1041,1303,406,433] Arachnida Barychelidae Cyphonisia Animalia Araneae 4 673 Arthropoda genus  ( Figs 2-9)      Cyphonisia Simon, 1889: 410.     TYPE  SPECIES. —  Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889.   DIAGNOSIS. —  Cyphonisiadiffers from  Pisenor Simon, 1889by 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  Pisenorby 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. 4G-J), and by the cymbium of the male not projected, except in  C. kissi( Benoit, 1966)( Fig. 5C-E).   INCLUDED SPECIES. —  Cyphonisia affinitataStrand, 1907;  C. annulata Benoit, 1966;  C. itombwensis Benoit, 1966;  C. kissi( Benoit, 1966);  C. maculata( Roewer, 1953);  C. maculipesStrand, 1906;  C. manicataSimon, 1907;  C. nesiotes Simon, 1907;  C. nigella( Simon, 1889);  C. obesa Simon, 1889;  C. rastellataStrand, 1907;  C. soleataThorell, 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.