Cryptaranea
Appearance
Cryptaranea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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)
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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[update] it contains seven species, all found in New Zealand:[1]
- Cryptaranea albolineata (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea atrihastula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea invisibilis (Urquhart, 1892) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea stewartensis Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea subalpina Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea subcompta (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea venustula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Cryptaranea Court & Forster, 1988". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Court, D. J.; Forster, R. R. (1988). "The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 6: 68–124.