Cryptachaea

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Cryptachaea
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Cryptachaea

Archer, 1946
Type species
Theridion catapetraeum
Gertsch & Archer, 1942
Species

see text

Diversity
c. 70 species

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Cryptachaea is a genus of spiders in the Theridiidae (tangle web spider) family.

Taxonomy

Many species in this genus used to reside in Achaearanea, which received a major revision in 2008.[1] The genus was originally established as a subgenus of Theridion.[2]

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.

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.[2]

Species

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Platnick 2009
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yoshida 2008
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Buckup, E.H.; Marques, M.A.L.; Rodrigues, E.N.L. 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
  4. Vink, C.J.; Dupérré, N.; Paquin, P.; Fitzgerald, B.M.; Sirvid, P.J. 2009: The cosmopolitan spider Cryptachaea blattea (Urquhart 1886) (Araneae: Theridiidae): redescription, including COI sequence, and new synonymy. Zootaxa, 2133: 55-63. Abstract & excerpt
  5. Smith, H.M.; Vink, C.J.; Fitzgerald, B.M.; Sirvid, P.J. 2012: Redescription and generic placement of the spider Cryptachaea gigantipes (Keyserling, 1890) (Araneae: Theridiidae) and notes on related synanthropic species in Australasia. Zootaxa, 3507: 38-56. Preview PDF

References

  • Yoshida, Hajime (2008): A revision of the genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica 57(1): 37-40. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.


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