Cryptoerithus is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1915.[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]
| Cryptoerithus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Prodidomidae |
| Genus: | Cryptoerithus Rainbow, 1915[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. occultus Rainbow, 1915 | |
| Species | |
19, see text | |
Species
As of March 2020[update] it contains nineteen species, found in Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory:[1]
- Cryptoerithus annaburroo Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
- Cryptoerithus griffith Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland, South Australia)
- Cryptoerithus halifax Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
- Cryptoerithus halli Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Cryptoerithus harveyi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Cryptoerithus hasenpuschi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cryptoerithus lawlessi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cryptoerithus melindae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Cryptoerithus nichtaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cryptoerithus ninan Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Cryptoerithus nonaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia)
- Cryptoerithus nopaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Cryptoerithus nyetaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
- Cryptoerithus occultus Rainbow, 1915 (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia)
- Cryptoerithus quamby Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cryptoerithus quobba Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Southern Australia
- Cryptoerithus rough Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
- Cryptoerithus shadabi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Southern Australia
- Cryptoerithus stuart Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)