Cornitibia

Cornitibia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Cornitibia
Lin, Lopardo & Uhl, 2022
Species:
C. simplicithorax
Binomial name
Cornitibia simplicithorax
(Tanasevitch, 1998)
Synonyms
  • Oedothorax simplicithorax Tanasevitch, 1998

Cornitibia is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae containing the single species, Cornitibia simplicithorax. It is endemic to Nepal, where it was found in Alnus forest along a river in Ilam District.

The male has a body length of 1.93 mm. The female is unknown.

Etymology

The genus is named after the tusklike male palpal tibia apophysis, from Latin "cornus" ("horn"). The species name refers to the unmodified shape of the male carapace.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lin, S. W.; Lopardo, L.; Uhl, G. (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. 1 2 "Gen. Cornitibia Lin, Lopardo & Uhl, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  3. 1 2 3 Tanasevitch, A. V. (1998). "New Oedothorax Bertkau, 1883, from Nepal (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae)" (PDF). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 47: 429–441.