Cryptoforis

Genus of spiders

Cryptoforis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Cryptoforis
Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2020[1]
Type species
C. hughesae
Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2020
Species

18, see text

Cryptoforis is a genus of armoured trapdoor spiders. It is endemic to Australia.[1] It was first described by Jeremy Wilson, Michael Rix and Robert Raven in 2020.[2]

Species

As of December 2021[update] the genus contained eighteen species from New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), Tasmania (TAS) or Victoria (VIC):[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Cryptoforis Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  2. ^ Wilson, J. D.; Raven, R. J.; Schmidt, D. J.; et al. (2020). "Total-evidence analysis of an undescribed fauna: resolving the evolution and classification of Australia's golden trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae: Arbanitinae: Euoplini)". Cladistics. 36 (6): 543–568. doi:10.1111/cla.12415. PMID 34618949. S2CID 225677893.

Further reading

  • Wilson, J. D.; Rix, M. G.; Schmidt, D. J.; et al. (2021). "Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Cryptoforis (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplini): documenting an enigmatic lineage from the eastern Australian mesic zone". Journal of Arachnology. 49 (1): 28–90. doi:10.1636/JoA-S-18-100. S2CID 234364778.
  • Rix, M. G.; Raven, R. J.; Main, B. Y.; et al. (2017). "The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae: Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level". Invertebrate Systematics. 31 (5): 566–634. doi:10.1071/IS16065. S2CID 90787136.
  • Raven, R. J.; Wishart, G. (2006). "The trapdoor spider Arbanitis L. Koch (Idiopidae: Mygalomorphae) in Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 51: 531–557.
  • Main, B. Y. (1995). "Biosystematics of Australian mygalomorph spiders: two new species of Arbanitis from Victoria (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae)". The Victorian Naturalist. 112: 202–207.
Taxon identifiers
Cryptoforis


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