Craspedisia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Theridiidae
Subfamilia: Pholcommatinae
Genus: Craspedisia
Species: C. cornuta – C. longioembolia – C. spatulata
Name

Craspedisia Simon, 1894

Type species: Craspedisia cornuta Simon, 1894
References

Simon, E, 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, vol. 1, p. 489-760.
Platnick, N. I. 2010. The World Spider Catalog, version 11.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

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 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

List of Theridiidae species

References

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.
Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
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.