''Crosbylonia'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
Asia
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n
dwarf spiders containing the single species, ''Crosbylonia borealis''. It was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1988,
and has only been found in
Russia
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.
See also
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List of Linyphiidae species
File:Silometopus reussi (26805753808).jpg , Silometopus reussi
File:Sheetweb Spider - Tapinopa bilineata, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg , Tapinopa bilineata
File:Araeoncus humilis.jpg, Araeoncus humilis
Lists of Linyphiidae species cover species of t ...
References
Linyphiidae
Monotypic Linyphiidae genera
Spiders of Russia
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