Cryphoeca
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Cryphoeca | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cryphoeca silvicola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cybaeidae |
| Genus: | Cryphoeca Thorell, 1870[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. silvicola (C. L. Koch, 1834) | |
| Species | |
|
12, see text | |
Cryphoeca is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870.[2] The name means hidden, in reference to its preference for hiding under loose bark or in stone walls.[3]