| Cryptothele | |
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| Cryptothele sundaica from Sumatra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptothele L. Koch, 18721 |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Diversity1 | |
| 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 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
References
- "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, Bibcode:2014ZooAn.253..382R, doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2014.03.002, hdl:11336/29675