Cryptaranea

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Cryptaranea
Cryptaranea atrihastula-Cryptic Orbweb Spider (NZAC06001374).jpg
Cryptaranea atrihastula
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Cryptaranea
Court & Forster, 1988[1]
Type species
C. invisibilis
(Urquhart, 1892)
Species

7, see text

Cryptaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.[2]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains seven species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Cryptaranea Court & Forster, 1988". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ^ Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 68–124.

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