Craspedisia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[2] As of May 2020[update] it contains three species, found in China, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil: C. cornuta, C. longioembolia, and C. spatulata.[1]
| Craspedisia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Craspedisia Simon, 1894[1] |
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| C. cornuta (Keyserling, 1891)
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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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b 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.
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