Cebrennus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Cebrennus

| image = Cebrennus_rechenbergi_2.jpg

| image_caption = C. rechenbergi

| authority = Simon, 1880

| type_species = C. wagae

| type_species_authority = (Simon, 1874)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 19, see text

| synonyms =

• Cerbalopsis Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966{{cite journal| last=Jäger| first=P.| year=2000| title=The huntsman spider genus Cebrennus: four new species and a preliminary key to known species| journal=Revue Arachnologique| volume=13| page=165}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Cebrennus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1880| title=Description de Micrommata ophthalmica et de Cebrennus pulcherrimus, d'Algérie| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France| pages=64–65| volume=10| issue=5| author-link=Eugène_Simon}} It is considered a senior synonym of Cerbalopsis.{{cite journal| last1=Jézéquel| first1=J.-F.| last2=Junqua| first2=C.| year=1966| title=Les araignées du Grand Erg occidental (Sahara Algérien)| journal=Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris| volume=37| page=969}}

The Moroccan flic-flac spider (C. rechenbergi), that uses a flic-flac motion to escape threats, was first described in 2014.{{cite journal| last=Jäger| first=P.| year=2014| title=Cebrennus Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Sparassidae): a revisionary up-date with the description of four new species and an updated identification key for all species| journal=Zootaxa| volume=3790| issue=2| pages=109–127| author-link=Peter_Jäger| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.4| pmid=24869871| doi-access=free}}