Cristatus

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Cristatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Subfamily: Erigoninae
Genus: Cristatus
Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 [1]
Type species
C. makuensis
Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022
Species

2, see text

Cristatus is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae. [2]

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Distribution

All described species are endemic to China. [2] C. anfractus has only been found in Longyang County, C. makuensis in Gongshan County, both in Yunnan Province at elevations above 2,000 m. [1]

Etymology

The genus is named Latin cristatus "tufted" for the tuft of hairs on the distal arm of the paracymbium in the male palp. [1]

C. anfractus is from Latin anfractus "winding", indicating the curved dorsal tibial apophysis in the male palp. C. makuensis is named after the type locality, Maku (马库; Mǎ kù) in Dulongjiang Township. [1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes two species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Irfan, M.; Zhang, Z. S.; Peng, X. J. (2022). "Survey of Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) spiders from Yunnan, China". Megataxa. 8: 1–292. doi: 10.11646/megataxa.8.1.1 .
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Cristatus Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-31.


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