Crustulina is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.[2]
| Crustulina | |
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| C. guttata | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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)
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| Species | |
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17, see text | |
Species
editAs of May 2020[update] 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, 1889 – Madagascar
- Crustulina bicruciata Simon, 1908 – Australia (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, 1920 – East 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, 1966 – New 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Crustulina Menge, 1868". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.
External links
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