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Cryptolinyphia

Cryptolinyphia is a monotypic genus of South American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Cryptolinyphia sola. It was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991, and has only been found in Colombia.

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Cryptolinyphia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Cryptolinyphia
Millidge, 19911
Species:
C. sola
Binomial name
Cryptolinyphia sola
Millidge, 1991

Cryptolinyphia is a monotypic genus of South American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Cryptolinyphia sola. It was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991,2 and has only been found in Colombia.1

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References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Cryptolinyphia Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.