Cryptaranea
Genus of spiders
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Cryptaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.[2]
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| Cryptaranea | |
|---|---|
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| Cryptaranea atrihastula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Cryptaranea Court & Forster, 1988[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. invisibilis (Urquhart, 1892) | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains seven species, all found in New Zealand:[1]
- Cryptaranea albolineata (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea atrihastula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea invisibilis (Urquhart, 1892) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea stewartensis Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea subalpina Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea subcompta (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea venustula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
