Cryptachaea
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| Cryptachaea | |
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| Female C. projectivulva | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Cryptachaea Archer, 1946 |
| Type species | |
| Theridion catapetraeum Gertsch & Archer, 1942 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Diversity | |
| ca. 90 species[1] | |
Cryptachaea is a genus of spiders in the Theridiidae (tangle web spider) family.[1]
Distribution
This is mostly a New World genus, with many species in South America. One species is cosmopolitan, one species occurs in the whole Palearctic, another only in China.[1] C. veruculata was introduced to Europe from New Zealand.
