Cryptachaea Genus of spiders
Web of P. projectivulva Cryptachaea genus of spiders in the Theridiidae (tangle web spider) family.
Taxonomy
Many species in this genus used to reside in Achaearanea Theridion
Name
The genus name is a combination of Achaea , the old name of the genus Achaearanea , and Ancient Greek κρυπτός "hidden". The genus is called Iwama-himegumo zoku in Japanese .
Species
Cryptachaea acoreensis (Berland, 1932) — CosmopolitanCryptachaea alacris (Keyserling, 1884) — Colombia, VenezuelaCryptachaea altiventer (Keyserling, 1884) — BrazilCryptachaea amazonas Buckup, Marques & Rodrigues, 2012 Cryptachaea ambera (Levi, 1963) — USACryptachaea analista (Levi, 1963) — BrazilCryptachaea anastema (Levi, 1963) — VenezuelaCryptachaea azteca (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) — MexicoCryptachaea banosensis (Levi, 1963) — EcuadorCryptachaea barra (Levi, 1963) — BrazilCryptachaea bellula (Keyserling, 1891) — BrazilCryptachaea blattea (Urquhart, 1886) — cosmopolitanCryptachaea caliensis (Levi, 1963) — Colombia, EcuadorCryptachaea canionis (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929) — USACryptachaea caqueza (Levi, 1963) — ColombiaCryptachaea chilensis (Levi, 1963) — ChileCryptachaea chiricahua (Levi, 1955) — USACryptachaea cinnabarina (Levi, 1963) — BrazilCryptachaea diamantina (Levi, 1963) — BrazilCryptachaea dromedariformis (Roewer, 1942) — Ecuador, PeruCryptachaea eramus (Levi, 1963) — BrazilCryptachaea fresno (Levi, 1955) — USACryptachaea gigantea (Keyserling, 1884) — PeruCryptachaea gigantipes (Keyserling, 1890) — Australia, New ZealandCryptachaea hirta (Taczanowski, 1873) — Panama to ArgentinaCryptachaea ingijonathorum Buckup, Marques & Rodrigues, 2012 Cryptachaea inops (Levi, 1963) — Brazil, GuyanaCryptachaea insulsa (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) — USA, MexicoCryptachaea isana (Levi, 1963) — BrazilCryptachaea jequirituba (Levi, 1963) — Brazil, Paraguay, ArgentinaCryptachaea kaspi (Levi, 1963) — PeruCryptachaea koepckei (Levi, 1963) — PeruCryptachaea lota (Levi, 1963) — ChileCryptachaea manzanillo (Levi, 1959) — MexicoCryptachaea maraca (Buckup & Marques, 1991) — BrazilCryptachaea maxima (Keyserling, 1891) — BrazilCryptachaea meraukensis (Chrysanthus , 1963) — New GuineaCryptachaea migrans (Keyserling, 1884) — Venezuela to Peru, BrazilCryptachaea milagro (Levi, 1963) — EcuadorCryptachaea maldonado Buckup, Marques & Rodrigues, 2012 Cryptachaea nayaritensis (Levi, 1959) — MexicoCryptachaea oblivia (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) — Costa Rica, PanamaCryptachaea orana (Levi, 1963) — EcuadorCryptachaea pallipera (Levi, 1963) — BrazilCryptachaea parana (Levi, 1963) — ParaguayCryptachaea passiva (Keyserling, 1891) — BrazilCryptachaea pilaton (Levi, 1963) — EcuadorCryptachaea pinguis (Keyserling, 1886) — Brazil, UruguayCryptachaea porteri (Banks, 1896) — USA to Panama, West IndiesCryptachaea projectivulva (Yoshida, 2001) — JapanCryptachaea pura (O. P.-Cambridge, 1894) — MexicoCryptachaea pusillana (Roewer, 1942) — French GuianaCryptachaea pydanieli (Buckup & Marques, 1991) — BrazilCryptachaea rafaeli (Buckup & Marques, 1991) — BrazilCryptachaea rapa (Levi, 1963) — ParaguayCryptachaea rioensis (Levi, 1963) — BrazilCryptachaea riparia (Blackwall, 1834) — PalearcticCryptachaea rostra (Zhu & Zhang, 1992) — ChinaCryptachaea rostrata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) — Mexico to VenezuelaCryptachaea rupicola (Emerton, 1882) — USA, CanadaCryptachaea schneirlai (Levi, 1959) — PanamaCryptachaea schraderorum (Levi, 1959) — Costa RicaCryptachaea serenoae (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) — USACryptachaea sicki (Levi, 1963) — BrazilCryptachaea taeniata (Keyserling, 1884) — Guatemala to PeruCryptachaea tovarensis (Levi, 1963) — VenezuelaCryptachaea trinidensis (Levi, 1959) — Trinidad, PeruCryptachaea uviana (Levi, 1963) — PeruCryptachaea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886) — Australia, New Zealand, England, BelgiumCryptachaea vivida (Keyserling, 1891) — BrazilCryptachaea zonensis (Levi, 1959) — Panama to Peru, Brazil
References
1 2 3 4 5 World Spider Catalog (2023). "Gen. Cryptachaea Archer, 1946" . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 25 November 2023 . 1 2 3 Yoshida, Hajime (2008). "A revision of the genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae)" . Acta Arachnologica . 57 (1): 37– 40. doi :10.2476/asjaa.57.37 1 2 3 Buckup, Erica Helena; Marques, Maria Aparecida L.; Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes (2012). "Três novas espécies sul-americanas de Cryptachaea e acréscimos taxonômicos em Achaearanea (Araneae, Theridiidae)" [ Three new South American species of Cryptachaea and taxonomic additions in Achaearanea (Araneae, Theridiidae)] . Iheringia . Série Zoologia. 102 (2): 206– 211. doi :10.1590/S0073-47212012000200013 ↑ Vink, Cor J.; Dupérré, Nadine; Paquin, Pierre; Fitzgerald, Brian M. & Sirvid, Phil J. (2009). "The cosmopolitan spider Cryptachaea blattea (Urquhart 1886) (Araneae: Theridiidae): Redescription, including COI sequence, and new synonymy". Zootaxa . 2133 (1): 55– 63. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.2133.1.5 . ↑ Smith, Helen M.; Vink, Cor J.; Fitzgerald, Brian M. & Sirvid, Phil J. (2012). "Redescription and generic placement of the spider Cryptachaea gigantipes (Keyserling, 1890) (Araneae: Theridiidae) and notes on related synanthropic species in Australasia" (PDF) . Zootaxa . 3507 (1): 38– 56. doi :10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3507.1.2 .
