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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTheridiidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
359
Family
Theridiidae
Collections
MCZ, AM, QM
Recorded in
United States, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Theridiidae
Image
Crustulina guttata.jpg
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Commons category
Crustulina
taxon name
Crustulina
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Crustulina
taxon author citation
Menge, 1868
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Crustulina is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.

==Species== it contains seventeen species, found in Oceania, Africa, Asia, North America, and Europe: 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

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