Canalidion

Canalidion is a monotypic genus of tangle-web spiders containing the single species, Canalidion montanum. The species was first described by James Emerton in 1882 under the name Theridion montanum.^[2] J. Wunderlich moved it to its own genus in 2018, because it had more teeth on the anterior margin of the cheliceral furrow, a basal depression of the cymbium, and an embolus positioned dorsally.^[3] It has a holarctic distribution.^[1]

Canalidion
C. montanum, adult male
C. montanum, adult female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Canalidion Wunderlich, 2008[1]
Species:	C. montanum
Binomial name
Canalidion montanum (Emerton, 1882)

See also

• List of Theridiidae species