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 Huber, 2022 – Oman Crossopriza ghul Huber, 2022 – Oman Crossopriza ibnsinai Huber, 2022 – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan Crossopriza illizi Huber, 2022 – Algeria Crossopriza johncloudsleyi Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 – Yemen, Kenya Crossopriza kandahar Huber, 2022 – Afghanistan Crossopriza khayyami Huber, 2022 – Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan Crossopriza kittan Huber, 2022 – Oman Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) – Probably native to Africa and/or Asia. Introduced to Americas, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Micronesia Crossopriza maculipes (Spassky, 1934) – Iraq, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan Crossopriza malegaon Huber, 2022 – India Crossopriza manakhah Huber, 2022 – Yemen Crossopriza miskin Huber, 2022 – Oman Crossopriza moqal Huber, 2022 – Oman Crossopriza parsa Huber, 2022 – Iran Crossopriza pristina (Simon, 1890) – Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Yemen (type species) Crossopriza sahtan Huber, 2022 – Oman Crossopriza sanaa Huber, 2022 – Yemen Crossopriza semicaudata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Egypt, Chad, Sudan Crossopriza sengleti Huber, 2022 – Iran Crossopriza soudanensis Millot, 1941 – Mali, Burkina Faso Crossopriza srinagar Huber, 2022 – Pakistan, India Crossopriza surobi Huber, 2022 – Afghanistan Crossopriza tiwi Huber, 2022 – Oman
See also List of Pholcidae species
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