NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)
- Name authority
- (Blackwall, 1833)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Linyphiidae
- Genus
- Diplocephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumChelicerata
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyLinyphiidae Blackwall, 1859
- genusDiplocephalus Bertkau, 1883
- speciesDiplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diplocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diplocephalus algericus Bosmans, 1996 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus alpinus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus altimontanus Deltshev, 1984 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus arnoi Isaia, 2005 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus bicurvatus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus crassiloba (Simon, 1884) | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus gravidus Strand, 1906 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus hispidulus Saito & Ono, 2001 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus hungaricus Kulczyński, 1915 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus inanis Tanasevitch, 2014 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplocephalus pseudocrassilobus Gnelitsa, 2006 | LinyphiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Diplocephalus foraminifer (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) | synonym |
| Diplocephalus rectiloba (Simon, 1884) (Simon, 1884) | synonym |
| Diplocephalus foraminifer thyrsiger (Simon, 1884) (Simon, 1884) | synonym |
| Diplocephalus bicornis (Wider, 1834) (Wider, 1834) | synonym |
| Diplocephalus caespitum (C. L. Koch, 1841) (C. L. Koch, 1841) | synonym |
| Diplocephalus arvernus Denis, 1948 Denis, 1948 | synonym |
| Diplocephalus bicephalus (Simon, 1884) (Simon, 1884) | synonym |
| Diplocephalus cristatus angusticeps Holm, 1973 Holm, 1973 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
France, Bulgaria
Europe
France
Russia (Siberia)
Germany
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Blackwall, J. (1833). Characters of some undescribed genera and species of Araneidae. London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science (3) 3(14, 15, 17, 18): 104-112, 187-197, 344-352, 436-443. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14786443308648135" target="_blank">10.1080/14786443308648135 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36JPC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.