| Cryphoeca | |
|---|---|
| Cryphoeca silvicola | |
| Scientific 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 | |
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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.
As of May 2019[update] it contains twelve species and one subspecies: