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| Cornitibia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Cornitibia Lin, Lopardo & Uhl, 2022[1] |
| Species: | C. simplicithorax |
| Binomial name | |
| Cornitibia simplicithorax (Tanasevitch, 1998)[2] | |
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Cornitibia is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae containing the single species, Cornitibia simplicithorax.[2] It is endemic to Nepal, where it was found in Alnus forest along a river in Ilam District.[1]
The male has a body length of 1.93 mm. The female is unknown.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The genus is named after the tusklike male palpal tibia apophysis, from Latin "cornus" ("horn").[1] The species name refers to the unmodified shape of the male carapace.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Lin, S. W.; Lopardo, L.; Uhl, G. (2022). "Evolution of nuptial-gift-related male prosomal structures: taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Oedothorax (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (2): 417–584. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab033.
- 1 2 "Gen. Cornitibia Lin, Lopardo & Uhl, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- 1 2 3 Tanasevitch, A. V. (1998). "New Oedothorax Bertkau, 1883, from Nepal (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae)" (PDF). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 47: 429–441.