Taxon details
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867)
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2024-12-30
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003389]
- Distribution: Probably native to Africa and/or Asia. Introduced to the Americas, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Micronesia
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- Holotype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; m (MAGS 1314a) of Tibiosa casanaimensis; lost per Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 57 (González-Sponga, 2006)
- Holotype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; m (105741 = MAGS 1286) of Tibiosa caracensis (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
- Holotype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; m (105819 = MAGS 1355) of Tibiosa moraensis (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
- Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; j (not found) of Crossopriza nigrescens (Huber, 2022)
- Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; m of Crossopriza francoisi (Huber, 2022)
- Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f of Crossopriza stridulans (Huber, 2022)
- Paratype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 3f 4j (MAGS 1314a) of Tibiosa casanaimensis; lost per Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 57 (González-Sponga, 2006)
- Paratype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 3m 5f 5j (105706 = MAGS 1379) of Tibiosa caracensis (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
- Paratype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 3f 5j (105819 = MAGS 1355) of Tibiosa moraensis (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
- Syntype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil; 1m 1f 1j (42313, destroyed by the fire 2018, database excerpt, August 2019) of Crossopriza brasiliensis (Huber, 2022)
- Syntype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 30m 30f [approximately] (105735 = MAGS 1418) of Tibiosa coreana (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
- Syntype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 2m 1f 2j (105705 = MAGS 1303) of Tibiosa guayanesa (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
- Syntype: ; mm jj (possibly lost) (Huber, 2022)
- Syntype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina; 1f 1j of Crossopriza mucronata (Huber, 2022)
Smeringopus lyoni Thorell, 1895b: 70.
Crossopriza lyoni Pocock, 1900a: 240.
Crossopriza lyoni Dyal, 1935: 168, pl. 15, f. 90-96 (mf).
Crossopriza brasiliensis Mello-Leitão, 1935a: 94, f. 13 (Dmf).
Crossopriza mucronata Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 389, f. 1-2 (Df).
Crossopriza francoisi Millot, 1946a: 154, f. 29, 30B (Dm).
Crossopriza stridulans Millot, 1946a: 156, f. 31A-B (Df).
Crossopriza nigrescens Millot, 1946a: 155, f. 30A (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003390].
Crossopriza lyoni Zhu & Wang, 1963a: 462, f. 4, 7-8 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Chrysanthus, 1967b: 96, f. 20-24 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 18, f. 13-15 (f).
Crossopriza lyoni Yaginuma, 1986a: 31, f. 17.5 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Kim, 1988: 35, f. 1-6 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Chikuni, 1989b: 29, f. 7 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Chen & Zhang, 1991: 72, f. 62.1-3 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Huber, Deeleman-Reinhold & Pérez, 1999: 2, f. 1-12 (mf, S).
Crossopriza lyoni Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 52, f. 22H-O (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Huber, 2000: 30, f. 98.
Crossopriza lyoni Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001: 195, f. 5-6 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Irie, 2001: 7, f. 1-8 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Van Keer & Van Keer, 2001: 83, f. 2.1-8 (mf).
Tibiosa caracensis González-Sponga, 2006: 11, pl. 1, f. 1-10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041418].
Tibiosa casanaimensis González-Sponga, 2006: 14, pl. 2, f. 1-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041419].
Tibiosa coreana González-Sponga, 2006: 17, pl. 3, f. 1-7 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041420] [f, f. 8-9: misidentified Artema atlanta].
Tibiosa guayanesa González-Sponga, 2006: 20, pl. 4, f. 1-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041421].
Tibiosa moraensis González-Sponga, 2006: 23, pl. 5, f. 1-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041422].
Crossopriza lyoni Beatty, Berry & Huber, 2008: 9, f. 17-18, 47-48 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Colmenares-García, 2008: 88, f. 2A-C (m).
Crossopriza lyoni Irie, 2009: 106, f. 3-5 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Huber, 2009a: 65 (S).
Crossopriza lyoni Yin et al., 2012: 163, f. 30a-h (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Sen et al., 2015: 88, f. 514-518, pl. 19 (f).
Crossopriza lyoni Bauer et al., 2016: 4, f. 1-7 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Huber, 2022: 193, f. 702-705, 783-805 (mf, S of Crossopriza nigrescens).
Crossopriza lyoni Bourque et al., 2022: 28, f. 1-11 (mf).
Crossopriza lyoni Suzuki, 2022b: 193, f. 16-17 (f).
Crossopriza lyoni Alcántar-Valenzuela et al., 2024: 12, f. 13-15 (f).
Crossopriza lyoni Murcia-Moreno & Gálvez, 2025: 3, f. 2A-E (mf).
Alcántar-Valenzuela, J. J., Chamé-Vázquez, D., Jiménez, M.-L. & Castañeda de los Santos, G. (2024). Current knowledge of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Sinaloa, Mexico: species checklist and new records, including the first record of Plexippus petersi Karsch, 1878 for America. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n. s.) 40(e4012671): 1-27. doi:10.21829/azm.2024.4012671 
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Bauer, T., Wendt, I., Holstein, J. & Gabriel, G. (2016). Crossopriza lyoni new to Germany (Araneae: Pholcidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 52: 4-6. doi:10.5431/aramit5202 -- Show included taxa
Beatty, J. A., Berry, J. W. & Huber, B. A. (2008). The pholcid spiders of Micronesia and Polynesia (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of Arachnology 36(1): 1-25. doi:10.1636/H05-66.1 -- Show included taxa
Blackwall, J. (1867a). Descriptions of several species of East Indian spiders, apparently to be new or little known to arachnologists. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 19(114): 387-394. doi:10.1080/00222936708562695 -- Show included taxa
Bourque, F., Perreault, J., Arbour, G. & Paquin, P. (2022). Premières mentions canadiennes de Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall 1867) (Pholcidae), une espèce introduite en Amérique du Nord. Hutchinsonia 2: 27-30. -- Show included taxa
Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. (1991). Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou, 356 pp. -- Show included taxa
Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo, 310 pp. -- Show included taxa
Chrysanthus, P. (1967b). Spiders from south New Guinea IX. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 110: 89-105. -- Show included taxa
Colmenares-García, P. A. (2008). Tres nuevos registros para la araneofauna Venezolana (Arachnida, Araneae, Pholcidae). Boletin del Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas de la Universidad del Zulia 42: 85-92. -- Show included taxa
Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. & Harten, A. van (2001). Description of some interesting, new or little known Pholcidae (Araneae) from Yemen. In: Prakash, I. (ed.) Ecology of Desert Environments. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India, pp. 193-207. -- Show included taxa
Dyal, S. (1935). Fauna of Lahore. 4.–Spiders of Lahore. Bulletin of the Department of Zoology of the Panjab University 1: 119-252, pl. 11-17. -- Show included taxa
González-Sponga, M. A. (2006). Arácnidos de Venezuela. Un nuevo género y cinco nuevas especies de la familia Pholcidae (Araneae). Sapiens. Revista Universitaria de Investigación 7: 9-27. -- Show included taxa
Huber, B. A., Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. & Pérez G., A. (1999). The spider genus Crossopriza (Araneae, Pholcidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates 3262: 1-10. -- Show included taxa
Huber, B. A. (2000). New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa
Huber, B. A. (2009a). Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae). Zootaxa 1970: 64-68, 1977: 68. , 10.11646/zootaxa.1997.1.6 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.3 -- Show included taxa
Huber, B. A. (2022). Revisions of Holocnemus and Crossopriza: the spotted-leg clade of Smeringopinae (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 795: 1-241. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.795.1663 -- Show included taxa
Irie, T. (2009). Pholcidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 106-111. -- Show included taxa
Irie, T. (2001). Notes on the pholcid spider, Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall 1867). Kishidaia 80: 7-20. -- Show included taxa
Kim, J. P. (1988). One species of genus Crossopriza (Araneae: Pholcidae) from southern Asia. Korean Arachnology 4: 35-38. -- Show included taxa
Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1935a). Three interesting new Brasilian spiders. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 39: 94-98. -- Show included taxa
Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1942b). Arañas del Chaco y Santiago del Estero. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 2: 381-426. -- Show included taxa
Millot, J. (1946a). Les pholcides de Madagascar (Aranéides). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (N.S.) 22: 127-158. -- Show included taxa
Murcia-Moreno, D. & Gálvez, D. (2025). Introduced spiders in Panama: species distributions and new records. Biology 14(4): 1-17. doi:10.3390/biology14010004 -- Show included taxa
Pocock, R. I. (1900a). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. Taylor and Francis, London, 279 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.48423 -- Show included taxa
Sen, S., Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. World Scientific News 20: 1-339. -- Show included taxa
Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa
Suzuki, Y. (2022b). [A list of spiders collected from Okinawa islands (Okinawa-jima, Sesoko-jima, Ikê-jima, Yabuchi-jima and Kume-jima islands), Japan]. Kishidaia 120: 186-196. -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa
Tikader, B. K. & Biswas, B. (1981). Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 30: 1-149. -- Show included taxa
Van Keer, K. & Van Keer, J. (2001). Ingeburgerde exotische trilspinnen (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Antwerpse haven en enkele algemene bedenkingen bij spinnenmigratie. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 16(3): 81-86. -- Show included taxa
Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. -- Show included taxa
Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 1590 pp. -- Show included taxa
Zhu, C. D. & Wang, F. Z. (1963a). [Chinese Pholcidae and a new species]. Journal of Jilin Medical University 5: 461-466, pl. 1-2. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-30 | New taxonomic reference entry | Murcia-Moreno & Gálvez, 2025 | n/a |
| 2024-09-08 | New taxonomic reference entry | Alcántar-Valenzuela et al., 2024 | n/a |
| 2022-09-19 | New taxonomic reference entry | Bourque et al., 2022 | n/a |
| 2022-04-13 | New taxonomic reference entry | Suzuki, 2022b | n/a |
| 2022-02-23 | New taxonomic reference entry | Huber, 2022 | n/a |
| 2022-02-23 | Species distribution update | Huber, 2022 | n/a (Old value) |
| 2022-02-23 | Species synonymy | Huber, 2022 | Crossopriza nigrescens synonymized with Crossopriza lyoni |
| 2017-12-12 | Taxonomic reference update | n/a (Old value) | |
| 2016-10-06 | New taxonomic reference entry | Bauer et al., 2016 | n/a |
| 2015-12-10 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sen et al., 2015 | n/a |
| 2015-02-23 | New taxonomic reference entry | Van Keer & Van Keer, 2001 | n/a |
| 2015-02-14 | New taxonomic reference entry | Irie, 2001 | n/a |