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title: "Gepunte tropentrilspin"
description: "Crossopriza lyoni — Insecten en spinnen. Crossopriza lyoni is a widespread species of cellar spiders that prefer to live in or around human structures."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tailed-cellar-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gepunte tropentrilspin

> Crossopriza lyoni — Insecten en spinnen. Crossopriza lyoni is a widespread species of cellar spiders that prefer to live in or around human structures.

- Scientific name: *Crossopriza lyoni*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 9081
- Wikidata: [Q1318127](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318127)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339927](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339927)

## Names

- en: Tailed Cellar Spider
- de: Moskitozitterspinne
- fr: Araignée spectre à cul plat
- nl: Gepunte tropentrilspin

## Countries with the most observations

US (1829), IN (1098), TH (358), TW (330), ID (209), BR (178), MX (114), BO (111), MY (88), AU (86), PH (43), CN (41)

## Summary

Crossopriza lyoni is a widespread species of cellar spiders that prefer to live in or around human structures. They are commonly known as tailed cellar spiders, tailed daddy longlegs spiders, and sometimes box spiders. They all possess extremely long fragile legs that can reach up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long and a body length of that ranges from 2.5 to 7 mm (0.098 to 0.276 in). Their abdomens are distinctly squarish when viewed from the side and their carapace is more or less circular when viewed from above. They also possess two kinds of sound-producing organs and have six eyes.
The original range of C. lyoni is unknown…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossopriza_lyoni

## Photo

![Gepunte tropentrilspin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tailed-cellar-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thompson Hyggen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142459320

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tailed-cellar-spider?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).