Crosbyarachne silvestris (Georgescu, 1973)
Description
Male
Prosoma and legs pale yellow. Opisthosoma white. Chelicerae with 6 teeth on pro- and 5 on retromargin. Palp: tibia with two trichobothria. Paracymbium with black, hook-shaped, slightly curved basal apophysis, which is pointing to the tibia. Prosoma length: 0.6 mm.
Female
Prosoma and legs pale yellow. Opisthosoma white. Chelicerae with 6 teeth on pro- and 5 on retromargin. Epigyne with typical sclerotized lyriform structure. Prosoma length: 0.7 mm.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Georgescu 1973a)
Pedipalp
(Millidge 1977)
Bulbus
(Georgescu 1973a)
Palpal tibia
(Georgescu 1973a)
Palpal tibia
(Millidge 1979)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Millidge 1979)
Epigyne
(Komnenov et al. 2016)
Vulva, ventral view
(Georgescu 1973a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Georgescu 1973a)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Deltshev C, Komnenov M, Blagoev G, Georgiev T, Lazarov S, Stojkoska E, Naumova M (2013) Faunistic diversity of spiders (Araneae) in Galichitsa Mountain (FYR Macedonia). Biodiversity Data Journal 1(e977): 1-70
Georgescu M (1973a) La position systématique des genres Tapinocyba E. Simon et Aulacocyba E. Simon. La description d'une nouvelle espèce: Tapinocyba silvestris. Travaux de l’Institut de Spéologie “Émile Racovitza” 12: 127-134
Grbić G, Hänggi A, Savić D (2015) New faunistic records of spiders (Arachnida, Areneae [sic]) from the Fruška Gora mountain, northern Serbia. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 67: 479-486
Hebar K (1980) Zur Faunistik, Populationsdynamik und Produktionsbiologie der Spinnen (Araneae) des Hackelsberges im Leithagebirge (Burgenland). Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (I) 189: 83-231
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Komnenov M, Pitta E, Zografou K, Chatzaki M (2016) Discovering the still unexplored arachnofauna of the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli, NE Greece: a taxonomic review with description of new species. Zootaxa 4096: 1-66
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Kuralt Ž, Pajek Arambašič N, Kostanjšek R (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of spiders (Araneae) of the upper course of the Neretva River in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Natura Sloveniae 27: 114-122
Millidge A F (1977) The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 1-60
Millidge A F (1979) Some erigonine spiders from southern Europe. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 316-328
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 21-01-2026 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-09-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-09-2025 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 13-10-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 13-10-2023 | Image insert | |
| 13-06-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 18-04-2016 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 24-09-2013 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 24-09-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |