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Species Ceraticelus crassiceps

Dorsal view - Ceraticelus crassiceps - female
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 crassiceps (Ceraticelus crassiceps)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939
Size
Sexes about the same size: ~1.9mm (1)
Identification
Epigynum:
Range
Poorly understood but literature records extend from Quebec to Montana.
Print References
Levi & Levi 1955, Paquin & Dupérré 2003.
Works Cited
1.Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec
Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. 2003. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251.