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| Crossopriza | |
|---|---|
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| Crossopriza lyoni | |
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| female C. maculipes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Crossopriza Simon, 1893[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. pristina (Simon, 1890) | |
| Species | |
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24, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Crossopriza is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[4]
Its species are natively found in Africa and Asia. C. lyoni has been introduced to many parts of the world.[1]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 24 species:[1]
- Crossopriza dhofar Huber, 2022 – Oman
- Crossopriza ghul Huber, 2022 – Oman
- Crossopriza ibnsinai Huber, 2022 – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- Crossopriza illizi Huber, 2022 – Algeria
- Crossopriza johncloudsleyi Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 – Yemen, Kenya
- Crossopriza kandahar Huber, 2022 – Afghanistan
- Crossopriza khayyami Huber, 2022 – Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan
- Crossopriza kittan Huber, 2022 – Oman
- Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) – Probably native to Africa and/or Asia. Introduced to Americas, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Micronesia
- Crossopriza maculipes (Spassky, 1934) – Iraq, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Crossopriza malegaon Huber, 2022 – India
- Crossopriza manakhah Huber, 2022 – Yemen
- Crossopriza miskin Huber, 2022 – Oman
- Crossopriza moqal Huber, 2022 – Oman
- Crossopriza parsa Huber, 2022 – Iran
- Crossopriza pristina (Simon, 1890) – Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen (type species)
- Crossopriza sahtan Huber, 2022 – Oman
- Crossopriza sanaa Huber, 2022 – Yemen
- Crossopriza semicaudata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Egypt, Chad, Sudan
- Crossopriza sengleti Huber, 2022 – Iran
- Crossopriza soudanensis Millot, 1941 – Mali, Burkina Faso
- Crossopriza srinagar Huber, 2022 – Pakistan, India
- Crossopriza surobi Huber, 2022 – Afghanistan
- Crossopriza tiwi Huber, 2022 – Oman
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Crossopriza Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ↑ Huber, B. A.; Colmenares, P. A.; Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae". Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 420. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5. hdl:11336/19098. PMID 25112347.
- ↑ Huber, B. A. (2009). "Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 1970: 65. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.3.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1. pp. 257–488.
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