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Genus of spiders

Craspedisia
Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Type species
C. cornuta
(Keyserling, 1891)
Species

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

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.

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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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Craspedisia


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