Biology:Cryptothele (spider)
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Cryptothele | |
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| Cryptothele sundaica from Sumatra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptothele L. Koch, 1872[1] |
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| 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), 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, 1901 — India
- Cryptothele cristata Simon, 1884 — Unknown
- Cryptothele doreyana Simon, 1890 — New Guinea, Queensland
- Cryptothele marchei Simon, 1890 — New Caledonia, Mariana Islands
- Cryptothele sundaica Thorell, 1890 — Singapore, Sumatra, Java
- Cryptothele sundaica amplior Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Sunda Is.)
- Cryptothele sundaica javana Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Java)
- Cryptothele verrucosa L. Koch, 1872 — Samoa, Fiji
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Gen. Cryptothele L. Koch, 1872", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3828, retrieved 2023-12-14
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q1304192 entry
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