Ceratinella

Ceratinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Subfamily: Erigoninae
Genus: Ceratinella
Emerton, 1882[1]
Type species
C. brevis
(Wider, 1834)
Species

28, see text

Ceratinella is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by James Henry Emerton in 1882.[2]

They are very similar to both Ceraticelus and Idionella, and the taxonomy of these spiders may change.

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes 28 species:[1]

  • Ceratinella acerea Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933Alaska, Canada, United States
  • Ceratinella acutalis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022China
  • Ceratinella alaskae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947Russia (Middle Siberia, Far East), Alaska, Canada, United States
  • Ceratinella alaskana Chamberlin, 1949 – Alaska, Canada
  • Ceratinella apollonii Caporiacco, 1938Italy
  • Ceratinella brevipes (Westring, 1851) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Japan
  • Ceratinella brevis (Wider, 1834) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
  • Ceratinella brunnea Emerton, 1882 – Alaska, Canada, United States
  • Ceratinella buna Chamberlin, 1949 – Canada, United States
  • Ceratinella diversa Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinella fumifera Saito, 1939 – Japan
  • Ceratinella hemetha Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinella holocerea Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinella kenaba Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinella kurenshchikovi Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009 – Russia (Far East)
  • Ceratinella major Kulczyński, 1894 – Europe
  • Ceratinella ornatula (Crosby & Bishop, 1925) – Alaska, Canada, United States, Greenland
  • Ceratinella parvula (Fox, 1891) – Canada, United States
  • Ceratinella plancyi (Simon, 1880) – China
  • Ceratinella playa Cokendolpher, Torrence, Smith & Dupérré, 2007 – United States
  • Ceratinella rosea Oliger, 1985 – Russia (Far East)
  • Ceratinella scabrosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East)
  • Ceratinella sibirica Strand, 1903 – Russia (Middle Siberia)
  • Ceratinella subulata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – Japan
  • Ceratinella sydneyensis Wunderlich, 1976Australia (New South Wales)
  • Ceratinella tigana Chamberlin, 1949 – Alaska
  • Ceratinella tosior Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinella wideri (Thorell, 1871) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Ceratinella Emerton, 1882". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
  2. ^ Emerton, J. H. (1882). "New England spiders of the family Theridiidae". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 6: 1–86. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.7410.