Craspedisia

Craspedisia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[2] As of May 2020 it contains three species, found in China, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil: C. cornuta, C. longioembolia, and C. spatulata.[1]

Craspedisia
Temporal range:
male C. spatulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Craspedisia
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
C. cornuta
(Keyserling, 1891)
Species

Craspedisia spatulata is 2.2 millimetres (0.087 in) long. C. cornuta females are 3.1 millimetres (0.12 in) long, and males are 2.9 millimetres (0.11 in) long.[3]

See also

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Craspedisia Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. Levi, H. W. (1963). "The spider genera Cerocida, Hetschkia, Wirada and Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae)" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 70 (3): 177. doi:10.1155/1963/85397. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-26.


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