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Crossopriza Iyoni
this is one of the most common and widespread species of cellar spiders. they are commonly known as tailed daddy longlegs spiders,tailed cellar spiders and also box spiders.they are usually found in and around the human structures.the length of the body ranges from 2.5 to 7 mm. and they even have long legs up to 6cm. they have two different kinds of sound producing organs and have six eyes. C. Iyoni have been introduced into all parts of the world accidentally. now they are found all over the world. these spiders are harmless to human beings. they are efficient predators of mosquitoes and other arthropods, because of which they are sometimes considered as beneficial.

Scientific classification
Kingdom : Animalia

Phylum : Arthropoda

Subphylum : Chelicerata

Class : Arachnida

Order : Araneae

Family : Pholcidae

Genus : Crossopriza

Species : C. Iyoni

the british naturalist jhon blackwall was the first to describe this species in 1867. Blackwall also described a curious case of hermophroditism in one adult specimen, in which the left side was male and the right side was female.

females of C Iyoni are bigger in size compared to male. both sexes have extremely long legs. males usually have slightly long legs than female. these spiders create large amounts of webs. they consume their old webs before building new ones.

an adult C Iyoni can consume 10 to 12 mosquitoes a day, in addition to other insects. they reduces the mosquito population by doing so. C Iyoni controls the mosquito population which is beneficial to human beings.