Biology:Crustulina

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Crustulina
Crustulina guttata.jpg
C. guttata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Crustulina
Menge, 1868[1]
Type species
C. guttata
(Wider, 1834)
Species

17, see text

Crustulina is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.[2]

Species

(As of May 2020) it contains seventeen species, found in Oceania, Africa, Asia, North America, and Europe:[1]

  • Crustulina albovittata (Thorell, 1875)Ukraine
  • Crustulina altera Gertsch & Archer, 1942 – USA
  • Crustulina ambigua Simon, 1889Madagascar
  • Crustulina bicruciata Simon, 1908Australia (Western Australia )
  • Crustulina conspicua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)Egypt, Israel, Syria
  • Crustulina erythropus (Lucas, 1846) – Morocco, Algeria
  • Crustulina grayi Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
  • Crustulina guttata (Wider, 1834) (type) – Canary Is., Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia, China , Korea, Japan
  • Crustulina hermonensis Levy & Amitai, 1979 – Israel
  • Crustulina incerta Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania
  • Crustulina jeanneli Berland, 1920East Africa
  • Crustulina lugubris Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
  • Crustulina molesta (Pavesi, 1883) – Ethiopia
  • Crustulina obesa Berland, 1920 – East Africa
  • Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881 – Mediterranean
  • Crustulina starmuehlneri Kritscher, 1966New Caledonia
  • Crustulina sticta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan

In synonymy:

  • C. argus Lucas, 1846 = Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881
  • C. borealis Banks, 1900 = Crustulina sticta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)
  • C. lineiventris (Pavesi, 1884) = Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881
  • C. nitida Simon, 1884 = Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881
  • C. pallipes Banks, 1906 = Crustulina sticta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)
  • C. rugosa (Thorell, 1875) = Crustulina sticta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Crustulina Menge, 1868". Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3471. 
  2. Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig 2: 153–218. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5254322 entry