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Record. Venezuela. Aragua: Tovar, 1 9 with c? holotype, 1888 
(E. Simon, MNHN). 
Craspedisia Simon 
Craspedisia Simon, 1894, Histoire Naturelle des Araignees, 1 : 580. Type 
species by original designation and monotypy: Umfila cornuta Keyserling. 
Carapace of female as in Steatoda , that of male with a projection on 
clypeus (Figs. 30, 32). Posterior extension of carapace covering pedi- 
cel. Chelicerae with a tooth on anterior margin. Abdomen suboval 
with a broken sclerotized ring around pedicel in both sexes; some 
sclerotized spots on venter. Colulus large. 
The clypeal projection separates males from Steatoda and Crustu- 
lina. (Levi and Levi, 1962). 
Craspedisia cornuta (Keyserling) 
Figures 27-31 
Umfila cornuta Keyserling, 1891, Die Spinnen Amerikas, Brasilianische 
Spinnen, 3:222, pi. 8, fig. 163, $. Male holotype from Neu Freiburg 
Figs. 27-31. Craspedisia cornuta (Keyserling). 27. Female abdomen, ven- 
tral view. 28. Female genitalia, dorsal view. 29. Epigynum. 30. Male. 
31. Left palpus. 
Figs. 32-33. C. spatulata Bryant. 32. Male. 33. Palpus. 
