Ceraticelus Explained

Ceraticelus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.^[1]

Species

it contains thirty-four species and two subspecies:^[2]

• Ceraticelus agathus Chamberlin, 1949 – USA
• Ceraticelus albus (Fox, 1891) – USA
• Ceraticelus alticeps (Fox, 1891) – USA
• Ceraticelus artemisiae Prentice & Redak, 2009 – USA
• Ceraticelus atriceps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – USA
• Ceraticelus berthoudi Dondale, 1958 – USA
• Ceraticelus bryantae Kaston, 1945 – USA
• Ceraticelus bulbosus (Emerton, 1882) – North America, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Finland, Russia (Europe to Far East)
• Ceraticelus carinatus (Emerton, 1911) – USA
• Ceraticelus crassiceps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 – USA
• Ceraticelus creolus Chamberlin, 1925 – USA
• Ceraticelus emertoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – USA
• Ceraticelus fastidiosus Crosby & Bishop, 1925 – USA
• Ceraticelus fissiceps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) (type) – USA, Canada
• Ceraticelus innominabilis Crosby, 1905 – USA (Alaska)
• Ceraticelus laetabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – USA, Canada
  • Ceraticelus l. pisga Chamberlin, 1949 – USA
• Ceraticelus laetus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – USA, Canada
• Ceraticelus laticeps (Emerton, 1894) – USA, Canada
  • Ceraticelus l. bucephalus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – USA
• Ceraticelus limnologicus Crosby & Bishop, 1925 – USA
• Ceraticelus micropalpis (Emerton, 1882) – USA
• Ceraticelus minutus (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
• Ceraticelus nigripes Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
• Ceraticelus orientalis Eskov, 1987 – Russia
• Ceraticelus paludigena Crosby & Bishop, 1925 – USA, Hispaniola
• Ceraticelus paschalis Crosby & Bishop, 1925 – USA
• Ceraticelus phylax Ivie & Barrows, 1935 – USA
• Ceraticelus pygmaeus (Emerton, 1882) – USA
• Ceraticelus rowensis Levi]]|Levi & Levi]]|Levi, 1955 – Canada
• Ceraticelus savannus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – USA
• Ceraticelus silus Dondale, 1958 – USA (Alaska)
• Ceraticelus similis (Banks, 1892) – USA
• Ceraticelus subniger Chamberlin, 1949 – USA
• Ceraticelus tibialis (Fox, 1891) – USA
• Ceraticelus tumidus Bryant, 1940 – Cuba

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species
• Blacktailed red sheetweaver (spider with similar coloration)^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1884. Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Ceraticelus Simon, 1884. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. Web site: Genus Ceraticelus. BugGuide. 2019-06-13.