Crossopriza is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.
Its species are natively found in Africa and Asia. C. lyoni has been introduced to many parts of the world.
Species
, this genus includes 24 species:
- Crossopriza dhofar <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Oman
- Crossopriza ghul <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Oman
- Crossopriza ibnsinai <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- Crossopriza illizi <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Algeria
- Crossopriza johncloudsleyi <small>Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001</small> â Yemen, Kenya
- Crossopriza kandahar <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Afghanistan
- Crossopriza khayyami <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan
- Crossopriza kittan <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Oman
- Crossopriza lyoni <small>(Blackwall, 1867)</small> â Probably native to Africa and/or Asia. Introduced to Americas, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Micronesia
- Crossopriza maculipes <small>(Spassky, 1934)</small> â Iraq, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Crossopriza malegaon <small>Huber, 2022</small> â India
- Crossopriza manakhah <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Yemen
- Crossopriza miskin <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Oman
- Crossopriza moqal <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Oman
- Crossopriza parsa <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Iran
- Crossopriza pristina <small>(Simon, 1890)</small> â Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen (type species)
- Crossopriza sahtan <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Oman
- Crossopriza sanaa <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Yemen
- Crossopriza semicaudata <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)</small> â Egypt, Chad, Sudan
- Crossopriza sengleti <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Iran
- Crossopriza soudanensis <small>Millot, 1941</small> â Mali, Burkina Faso
- Crossopriza srinagar <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Pakistan, India
- Crossopriza surobi <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Afghanistan
- Crossopriza tiwi <small>Huber, 2022</small> â Oman
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