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Genus: Crustulina Menge, 1868 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Crustulina conspicua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

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Distribution: Egypt, Israel, Syria, Iraq

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Taxonomic References

Theridion conspicuum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 285, pl. 13, f. 11 (Dmf) Original description

Crustulina conspicua Simon, 1881a: 160

Crustulina conspicua Levy & Amitai, 1979: 117, f. 1-16 (mf)

Crustulina conspicua Levy, 1998b: 17, f. 1-16 (mf)

Crustulina conspicua Zamani & Khudhur, 2026: 377, f. 5B, F-H (m)

References

Levy, G. (1998b). Araneae: Theridiidae. In: Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 228 pp. -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. & Amitai, P. (1979). The spider genus Crustulina (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 28: 114-130. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1872). General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 40(1): 212-354, pl. 13-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1872.tb00489.x -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1881a). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, première partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-180, pl. 25. -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A. & Khudhur, F. A. (2026). New taxonomic and faunistic data on spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iraqi Kurdistan, with an updated regional checklist. Zootaxa 5878(3): 366-388. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5878.3.3 ZooBank: 91729B91-6799-4E88-8388-7AD5E584ACAD -- Show included taxa

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-09-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani & Khudhur, 2026
2026-09-15	Species distribution update	Zamani & Khudhur, 2026	Old value