Callitrichia
| Callitrichia | |
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| C. formosana, male | |
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| C. formosana, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Callitrichia Fage, 1936 |
| Type species | |
| C. hamifera Fage, 1936
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| Species | |
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57, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
Callitrichia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by L. Fage in 1936.[2]
Its species are found in Africa and Asia.[3]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 57 species and one subspecies:[3]
- Callitrichia aberdarensis (Holm, 1962) – Kenya
- Callitrichia afromontana Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Callitrichia aliena Holm, 1962 – Algeria, Cameroon, Kenya
- Callitrichia asela Tanasevitch, 2023 – Ethiopia
- Callitrichia cacuminata Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
- Callitrichia casta (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia celans (Gao, Xing & Zhu, 1996) – China
- Callitrichia concolor (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
- Callitrichia convector (Tanasevitch, 2014) – Thailand
- Callitrichia criniger Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Callitrichia cypericola (Jocqué, 1981) – Malawi
- Callitrichia galeata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- C. g. lukwangulensis (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia glabriceps Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
- Callitrichia gloriosa (Jocqué, 1984) – South Africa
- Callitrichia hamifer Fage, 1936 – Kenya, Uganda (type species)
- Callitrichia hirsuta Lin, Lopardo & Uhl, 2022 – Tanzania
- Callitrichia holmi (Wunderlich, 1978) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia inacuminata Bosmans, 1977 – Kenya
- Callitrichia incerta Miller, 1970 – Angola
- Callitrichia infecta (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia insulana (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia juguma (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia kenyae Fage, 1936 – Kenya
- Callitrichia latitibialis (Bosmans, 1988) – Cameroon
- Callitrichia legrandi (Jocqué, 1985) – Comoros
- Callitrichia longiducta (Bosmans, 1988) – Guinea, Cameroon
- Callitrichia macrophthalma (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980) – Nigeria, Ivory Coast
- Callitrichia marakweti Fage, 1936 – Kenya
- Callitrichia meruensis Holm, 1962 – Tanzania
- Callitrichia minuta (Jocqué, 1984) – South Africa
- Callitrichia mira (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia monoceros (Miller, 1970) – Angola
- Callitrichia monticola (Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia muscicola (Bosmans, 1988) – Cameroon
- Callitrichia obtusifrons Miller, 1970 – Angola
- Callitrichia paludicola Holm, 1962 – Tanzania
- Callitrichia paralegrandi (Tanasevitch, 2016) – India (Himalaya)
- Callitrichia perspicua (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia picta (Caporiacco, 1949) – DR Congo, Kenya
- Callitrichia pileata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia pilosa (Wunderlich, 1978) – Ethiopia
- Callitrichia protegularis Tanasevitch, 2023 – Ethiopia
- Callitrichia revelatrix (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia rostrata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia ruwenzoriensis Holm, 1962 – Uganda
- Callitrichia sellafrontis Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Callitrichia silvatica Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda, Malawi
- Callitrichia summicola (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia superciliosa (Jocqué, 1981) – Malawi
- Callitrichia taeniata Holm, 1968 – Tanzania
- Callitrichia telekii (Holm, 1962) – Kenya
- Callitrichia trituberculata (Bosmans, 1988) – Cameroon
- Callitrichia truncatula (Scharff, 1990) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia turrita Holm, 1962 – Tanzania
- Callitrichia uncata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia usitata (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
- Callitrichia virgo (Jocqué & Scharff, 1986) – Tanzania
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Lin, Shou-Wang; Lopardo, Lara; Uhl, Gabriele (2022). "Evolution of nuptial-gift-related male prosomal structures: taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Oedothorax (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (2): 417–584. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab033.
- ^ Fage, L. (1936), "Une araignée termitophile, Andromma bouvierei, n. sp", Livre Jubilaire de M
- ^ a b "Gen. Callitrichia Fage, 1936". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.