''Crustulina'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.

Species

it contains seventeen species, found in Oceania, Africa, Asia, North America, and Europe: *'' Crustulina albovittata'' ( Thorell, 1875) –

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*'' Crustulina altera''

Gertsch Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider. Gertsch was born ...

& Archer, 1942 – USA *'' Crustulina ambigua'' Simon, 1889 –

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*'' Crustulina bicruciata'' Simon, 1908 –

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(Western

) *'' Crustulina conspicua'' (

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, 1872) –

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*'' Crustulina erythropus'' (Lucas, 1846) –

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*'' Crustulina grayi'' Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea *'' Crustulina guttata'' (Wider, 1834) (

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to South Siberia), Central Asia,

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*'' Crustulina hermonensis'' Levy & Amitai, 1979 – Israel *'' Crustulina incerta'' Tullgren, 1910 –

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*'' Crustulina jeanneli'' Berland, 1920 –

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*'' Crustulina lugubris'' Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea *'' Crustulina molesta'' (Pavesi, 1883) –

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*'' Crustulina obesa'' Berland, 1920 – East Africa *'' Crustulina scabripes'' Simon, 1881 – Mediterranean *'' Crustulina starmuehlneri'' Kritscher, 1966 –

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*'' Crustulina sticta'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) –

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, Europe,

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, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East),

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, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan In synonymy: *''C. argus'' Lucas, 1846 = ''Crustulina scabripes'' Simon, 1881 *''C. borealis'' Banks, 1900 = ''Crustulina sticta'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) *''C. lineiventris'' (Pavesi, 1884) = ''Crustulina scabripes'' Simon, 1881 *''C. nitida'' Simon, 1884 = ''Crustulina scabripes'' Simon, 1881 *''C. pallipes'' Banks, 1906 = ''Crustulina sticta'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) *''C. rugosa'' (Thorell, 1875) = ''Crustulina sticta'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)

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