Craspedisia

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Craspedisia
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
male C. spatulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Craspedisia
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
C. cornuta
(Keyserling, 1891)
Species

Craspedisia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[2] As of May 2020 it contains three species, found in China, the Dominican Republic, and Brazil: C. cornuta, C. longioembolia, and C. spatulata.[1]

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]

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