Species Ceraticelus fissiceps

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited

Adult Male - Ceraticelus fissiceps - male

Ceraticelus fissiceps--Voucher image - Ceraticelus fissiceps - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)

Subfamily Erigoninae (Dwarf Spiders)

Genus Ceraticelus

Species fissiceps (Ceraticelus fissiceps)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)

Size

~1.5mm (1)

Identification

Females have a dorsal scutum that the similar C. atriceps lacks.

Palp:

Epigynum:

Habitat

This species is often found by sweeping vegetation in forest understories. (ChH-31 March 2024)

Works Cited

1.	Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. 2003. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251.

Contributed by John Sloan on 21 February, 2010 - 2:44am
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 31 March, 2024 - 6:18pm

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