{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Crustulina | image = Crustulina_guttata.jpg | image_caption = ''C. guttata'' | authority = Menge, 1868<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''C. guttata'' | type_species_authority = (Wider, 1834) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 17, see text }}
'''''Crustulina''''' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.<ref name=Meng1868>{{cite journal| last=Menge| first=A.| year=1868| title=Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung| journal=Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig| pages=153–218| volume=2| author-link=Anton_Menge}}</ref>
==Species== {{as of|2020|05}} it contains seventeen species, found in Oceania, Africa, Asia, North America, and Europe:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Gen. Crustulina Menge, 1868| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2020-06-12| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3471| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> *''Crustulina albovittata'' <small>(Thorell, 1875)</small> – Ukraine *''Crustulina altera'' <small>Gertsch & Archer, 1942</small> – USA *''Crustulina ambigua'' <small>Simon, 1889</small> – Madagascar *''Crustulina bicruciata'' <small>Simon, 1908</small> – Australia (Western Australia) *''Crustulina conspicua'' <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> – Egypt, Israel, Syria *''Crustulina erythropus'' <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Morocco, Algeria *''Crustulina grayi'' <small>Chrysanthus, 1975</small> – New Guinea *''Crustulina guttata'' <small>(Wider, 1834)</small> (type) – Canary Is., Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan *''Crustulina hermonensis'' <small>Levy & Amitai, 1979</small> – Israel *''Crustulina incerta'' <small>Tullgren, 1910</small> – Tanzania *''Crustulina jeanneli'' <small>Berland, 1920</small> – East Africa *''Crustulina lugubris'' <small>Chrysanthus, 1975</small> – New Guinea *''Crustulina molesta'' <small>(Pavesi, 1883)</small> – Ethiopia *''Crustulina obesa'' <small>Berland, 1920</small> – East Africa *''Crustulina scabripes'' <small>Simon, 1881</small> – Mediterranean *''Crustulina starmuehlneri'' <small>Kritscher, 1966</small> – New Caledonia *''Crustulina sticta'' <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)</small> – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
'''In synonymy:''' *''C. argus'' <small>Lucas, 1846</small> = ''Crustulina scabripes'' <small>Simon, 1881</small> *''C. borealis'' <small>Banks, 1900</small> = ''Crustulina sticta'' <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)</small> *''C. lineiventris'' <small>(Pavesi, 1884)</small> = ''Crustulina scabripes'' <small>Simon, 1881</small> *''C. nitida'' <small>Simon, 1884</small> = ''Crustulina scabripes'' <small>Simon, 1881</small> *''C. pallipes'' <small>Banks, 1906</small> = ''Crustulina sticta'' <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)</small> *''C. rugosa'' <small>(Thorell, 1875)</small> = ''Crustulina sticta'' <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861)</small>
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