Cryptothele (spider)

Genus of spiders

Cryptothele
Cryptothele sundaica from Sumatra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Cryptothele
L. Koch, 1872[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity[1]
10 species

Cryptothele is a spider genus with eight described species, now placed in the family Zodariidae.

This genus was the sole member of the family Cryptothelidae, which is no longer accepted.[2]

Distribution

The genus occurs in mainly in tropical Asia and Australasia.[1]

Species

As of December 2023[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Cryptothele alluaudi Simon, 1893 — Seychelles
  • Cryptothele ceylonica O. P-Cambridge, 1877 — Sri Lanka
  • Cryptothele collina Pocock, 1901India
  • Cryptothele cristata Simon, 1884 — Unknown
  • Cryptothele doreyana Simon, 1890New Guinea, Queensland
  • Cryptothele marchei Simon, 1890New Caledonia, Mariana Islands
  • Cryptothele sundaica Thorell, 1890Singapore, Sumatra, Java
    • Cryptothele sundaica amplior Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Sunda Is.)
    • Cryptothele sundaica javana Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Java)
  • Cryptothele verrucosa L. Koch, 1872Samoa, Fiji

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Cryptothele L. Koch, 1872", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2023-12-14
  2. ^ Ramírez, Martín J.; Grismado, Cristian J.; Labarque, Facundo M.; Izquierdo, Matías A.; Ledford, Joel M.; Miller, Jeremy A.; Haddad, Charles R. & Griswold, Charles E. (2014), "The morphology and relationships of the walking mud spiders of the genus Cryptothele (Araneae: Zodariidae)", Zoologischer Anzeiger, 253 (5): 382–393, doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2014.03.002, hdl:11336/29675
Taxon identifiers
Cryptothele


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