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

Crustulina
C. guttata
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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)
Species

17, see text

Species

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

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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.
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