What Animal Lives Where

Where has the cellar spiders been recorded?

Crossopriza lyoni occurrence evidence comes from 317 records in 54 countries and territories, from 1914 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

ArachnidaAraneaePholcidaeCrossopriza

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

317 records across 54 countries and territories, 1914–2026.

Crossopriza lyoni · GBIF taxon key 2150043

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19142026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where cellar spiders has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for cellar spiders. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 55
India 54
Australia 40
Ghana 13
Argentina 12
Brazil 10
Venezuela 10
Thailand 9
Zimbabwe 8
Philippines 7
Guinea-Bissau 5
Madagascar 5
Serbia 5
Chad 5
Laos 4
Nigeria 4
Taiwan 4
Côte d'Ivoire 3
Cameroon 3
China 3
Colombia 3
Gabon 3
Indonesia 3
Mexico 3
Nicaragua 3
Vietnam 3
Bangladesh 2
Burkina Faso 2
Benin 2
Canada 2
Gambia 2
Japan 2
Cambodia 2
Myanmar 2
Niger 2
Singapore 2
Uganda 2
South Africa 2
Costa Rica 1
Dominican Republic 1

Showing the top 40 of 54 places.

Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.