Diplocephalus cristatus

Diplocephalus cristatus is a species of sheet weaver spider.[1]

Diplocephalus cristatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Diplocephalus
Species:
D. cristatus
Binomial name
Diplocephalus cristatus
(Blackwall, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Walckenaeria cristatus
  • Theridion bicorne
  • Argus bicornis
  • Micryphantes caespitum
  • Erigone bicornis
  • Melicertus bicornis
  • Lophomma bicorne
  • Erigone cristata
  • Erigone foraminifera
  • Lophomma cristata
  • Prosoponcus bicephalus
  • Prosoponcus cristatus
  • Prosoponcus foraminifer
  • Prosoponcus thyrsiger
  • Prosoponcus rectiloba
  • Diplocephalus crassilobus
  • Diplocephalus bicephalus
  • Lophomma cristatus
  • Diplocephalus arvernus

Taxonomy

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This species was first described as Walckenaeria cristatus in 1833 by John Blackwall.[2]

Distribution

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This species is known from Europe, Russia (Far East), Kazakhstan. It has all been introduced to North America, the Falkland Islands and New Zealand.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bern, Natural History Museum. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  2. ^ Blackwall, John (1833). "XXI. Characters of some undescribed genera and species of Araneidæ". The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 3 (14): 104–112. doi:10.1080/14786443308648135. ISSN 1941-5966.