| Crypticarachne | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Crypticarachne Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 20252 |
| Species: | C. nadineae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crypticarachne nadineae (Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022)1
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Crypticarachne is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae containing the single species, Crypticarachne nadineae.1
Distribution
Crypticarachne nadineae is endemic to Ecuador.1
Etymology
The genus name combines "cryptic" and arachne (spider), in reference to the cryptic nature of this spider.2 The species name honors arachnologist Nadine Dupérré.3
References
References
- "Gen. Crypticarachne Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- Sherwood, D.; Gabriel, R.; Peñaherrera-R., P.; León-E., R. J.; Rollard, C.; Leguin, E.-A.; Brescovit, A. D.; Lucas, S. M. (2025). "On the identity of some taxa in the tarantula tribe Hapalopini, with two synonymies, and description of four new genera and three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". ZooNova. 46: 1–23. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17612014.
- Sherwood, D.; Gabriel, R. (2022). "Thrixopelma nadineae, a new theraphosine from Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Taxonomy. 2 (3): 255–260. doi:10.3390/taxonomy2030020.