Cryptothele (spider)
| Cryptothele | |
|---|---|
 
 | |
| Cryptothele sundaica from Sumatra | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Zodariidae | 
| Genus: | 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, 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
- ^ a b c d "Gen. Cryptothele L. Koch, 1872", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, 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, hdl:11336/29675
 
