Taxon details

Family: Pholcidae / Genus: Crossopriza

Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-09-08
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003389]
  • Distribution: Probably native to Africa and/or Asia. Introduced to the Americas, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Micronesia
Type deposit provide information
  • 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)
Taxonomic references
Pholcus lyoni Blackwall, 1867a: 392 (Dmf).
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).
References

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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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 download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. (1991). Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou, 356 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo, 310 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chrysanthus, P. (1967b). Spiders from south New Guinea IX. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 110: 89-105. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- 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 download pdf download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Irie, T. (2001). Notes on the pholcid spider, Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall 1867). Kishidaia 80: 7-20. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, J. P. (1988). One species of genus Crossopriza (Araneae: Pholcidae) from southern Asia. Korean Arachnology 4: 35-38. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1935a). Three interesting new Brasilian spiders. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 39: 94-98. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. download pdf -- 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. download pdf download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
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