Crustulina Explained

Crustulina is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species, found in Oceania, Africa, Asia, North America, and Europe:^[2]

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

Menge. A.. 1868. Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 153–218. 2. Anton_Menge.
Web site: Gen. Crustulina Menge, 1868. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-06-12. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.