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Callitrichia

Callitrichia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by L. Fage in 1936.

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Callitrichia
C. formosana, male
C. formosana, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Callitrichia
Fage, 1936
Type species
C. hamifera
Fage, 1936
Species

57, see text

Synonyms
  • Ophrynia Jocqué, 19811
  • Toschia Caporiacco, 19491

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

As of October 2025, 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
References

References

  1. 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.
  2. Fage, L. (1936), "Une araignée termitophile, Andromma bouvierei, n. sp", Livre Jubilaire de M
  3. "Gen. Callitrichia Fage, 1936". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.