Celerrimus is a monotypic genus of European running crab spiders containing the single species, Celerrimus duffeyi. It was first described by S. Lecigne, J.-F. Cornic and P. Oger in 2019.
Celerrimus duffeyi is a species of running crab spider found in Europe, and it is the sole species within the monotypic genus Celerrimus.
Key facts about Celerrimus duffeyi:
Taxonomy: It belongs to the family Philodromidae, commonly known as running crab spiders.
Discovery: The species was first described and named in 2019 by Lecigne, Cornic, and Oger.
Nomenclature: The genus name Celerrimus likely refers to its agility as a running spider, while the species name duffeyi honors Dr. Eric Duffey, a noted British arachnologist and pioneering spider ecologist.
Habitat: While specific details for this exact species are limited in the search results, other spiders in the Philodromidae family are free-living, agile spiders commonly found on plants or on the soil surface.
Distribution: The species is recorded as present in Western Europe.
Physical Description: No specific physical description of Celerrimus duffeyi was available in the provided snippets; however, other members of its family typically have a white to red-brown carapace and white to dark brown legs with annulations (ring-like markings).
