Ceratinopsis

Ceratinopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Subfamily: Erigoninae
Genus: Ceratinopsis
Emerton, 1882[1]
Type species
C. interpres
Species

44, see text

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

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 44 species:[1]

  • Ceratinopsis acripes (Denis, 1962)Canary Islands, Madeira
  • Ceratinopsis africana (Holm, 1962)Gabon, Kenya
  • Ceratinopsis atolma Chamberlin, 1925United States
  • Ceratinopsis auriculata Emerton, 1909Canada, United States
  • Ceratinopsis benoiti (Holm, 1968)Tanzania
  • Ceratinopsis blesti Locket, 1982Singapore
  • Ceratinopsis bona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis crosbyi Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis delicata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis dippenaarae Jocqué, 1984South Africa
  • Ceratinopsis disparata (Dondale, 1959) – United States
  • Ceratinopsis fako Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983Cameroon
  • Ceratinopsis georgiana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis gosibia Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis guerrerensis Gertsch & Davis, 1937Mexico
  • Ceratinopsis holmi Jocqué, 1981Malawi, Tanzania
  • Ceratinopsis idanrensis Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980Nigeria, Botswana
  • Ceratinopsis infuscata (Denis, 1962) – Madeira
  • Ceratinopsis interpres (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Canada, United States (type species)
  • Ceratinopsis interventa Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis labradorensis Emerton, 1925 – Canada
  • Ceratinopsis laticeps Emerton, 1882 – Canada, United States
  • Ceratinopsis locketi Millidge, 1995Indonesia (Krakatau)
  • Ceratinopsis machadoi (Miller, 1970) – Nigeria, Angola
  • Ceratinopsis mbamensis Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
  • Ceratinopsis monticola (Simon, 1894)Sri Lanka
  • Ceratinopsis munda (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)Guatemala
  • Ceratinopsis nigriceps Emerton, 1882 – Canada, United States
  • Ceratinopsis nigripalpis Emerton, 1882 – Canada, United States
  • Ceratinopsis nitida (Holm, 1964) – Cameroon, DR Congo
  • Ceratinopsis oregonicola Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis orientalis Locket, 1982Laos, Malaysia (peninsula), Indonesia (Java)
  • Ceratinopsis palomara Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis raboeli Scharff, 1989 – Kenya
  • Ceratinopsis rosea Banks, 1898 – Mexico
  • Ceratinopsis secuta Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis setoensis (Oi, 1960)Korea, Japan
  • Ceratinopsis sinuata Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
  • Ceratinopsis sutoris Bishop & Crosby, 1930 – Canada, United States
  • Ceratinopsis swanea Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis sylvania Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis watsinga Chamberlin, 1949 – United States
  • Ceratinopsis xanthippe (Keyserling, 1886) – United States
  • Ceratinopsis yola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 – United States

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Ceratinopsis Emerton, 1882". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  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.