Cryphoeca

Cryphoeca
Cryphoeca silvicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cybaeidae
Genus: Cryphoeca
Thorell, 1870
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. The name means hidden, in reference to its preference for hiding under loose bark or in stone walls.

Species

As of May 2019 it contains twelve species and one subspecies:

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Cryphoeca Thorell, 1870". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  2. ↑ Thorell, T. (1870). "On European spiders". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 109–242.
  3. ↑ "Spider of the Month - February". Professor David Curtis. Retrieved 2016-09-19.