Cryptoerithus

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Cryptoerithus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Cryptoerithus
Rainbow, 1915[1]
Type species
C. occultus
Rainbow, 1915
Species

19, see text

Cryptoerithus is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1915.[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]

Species[edit]

As of March 2020 it contains nineteen species, found in Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory:[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Cryptoerithus Rainbow, 1915". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  2. ^ Rainbow, W. J. (1915). "Arachnida collected in north-western South Australia". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 39: 772–793.
  3. ^ Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226.