Cryptocellus

Cryptocellus is an arachnid genus in the order Ricinulei, first described by John Westwood in 1874. It is native to the Neotropics.^[2]

Species

As of October 2022 it contains forty-five species:^[3]

• Cryptocellus abaporu Bonaldo & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2003 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus adisi Platnick, 1988 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus albosquamatus Cooke, 1967 — Guyana
• Cryptocellus becki Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus bocas Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama
• Cryptocellus bordoni (Dumitresco & Juvara-balş, 1977) — Venezuela
• Cryptocellus brignolii Cokendolpher, 2000 — Suriname
• Cryptocellus canga Pinto-da-Rocha & Andrade, 2012 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus canutama Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus centralis Fage, 1921 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus chimaera Botero-Trujillo & Valdez-Mondragón, 2016 — Ecuador
• Cryptocellus chiriqui Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica, Panama
• Cryptocellus chiruisla Botero-Trujillo & Flórez D., 2017 — Ecuador
• Cryptocellus conori Tourinho & Saturnino, 2010 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus fagei Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus florezi Platnick & García, 2008 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus foedus Westwood, 1874 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus gamboa Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama
• Cryptocellus glenoides Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus goodnighti Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus guaviarensis Botero-Trujillo & Flórez D., 2018 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus hanseni Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Honduras, Nicaragua
• Cryptocellus iaci Tourinho, Man-Hung & Bonaldo, 2010 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus icamiabas Tourinho & de Azevedo, 2007 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus islacolon Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Panama
• Cryptocellus isthmius Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Panama
• Cryptocellus jamari Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus lampeli Cooke, 1967 — Guyana
• Cryptocellus leleupi Cooreman, 1976 — Ecuador
• Cryptocellus lisbethae González-Sponga, 1998 — Venezuela
• Cryptocellus luisedieri Botero-Trujillo & Pérez, 2009 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus macagual Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus magnus Ewing, 1929 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus muiraquitan Tourinho, Lo-Man-Hung & Salvatierra, 2014 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus narino Platnick & Paz, 1979 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus osa Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus peckorum Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus platnicki Botero-Trujillo & Pérez, 2008 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus pseudocellatus Roewer, 1952 — Peru
• Cryptocellus simonis Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus sofiae Botero-Trujillo, 2014 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus striatipes Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus tarsilae Pinto-da-Rocha & Bonaldo, 2007 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus verde Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus whitticki Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Guyana

References

• Kay Pittard; Robert W. Mitchell (1972). "Comparative morphology of the life stages of Cryptocellus pelaezi (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". Graduate Studies. Texas Tech University. 1: 3–77.
• Mario Ludwig; José G. Palacios-Vargas; Gerd Alberti (1994). "Cellular details of the midgut of Cryptocellus boneti (Arachnida: Ricinulei)". Journal of Morphology. 220 (3): 263–270. doi:10.1002/jmor.1052200305. PMID 29865385. S2CID 46930292.
• Gerd Alberti; José G. Palacios-Vargas (1984). "Fine structure of spermatogenesis and mature spermatozoa in Cryptocellus boneti Bolivar y Pieltain, 1941 (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". Journal of Ultrastructure Research. 87 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1016/S0022-5320(84)90111-4.
• Joachim Adis, Benjamin Messner & Norman Platnick (1999). "Morphological structures and vertical distribution in the soil indicate facultative plastron respiration in Cryptocellus adisi (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Central Amazonia". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 34 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1076/snfe.34.1.1.8915.
• J. A. L. Cooke (1967). "Observations on the biology of Ricinulei (Arachnida) with descriptions of two new species of Cryptocellus". Journal of Zoology. 151 (1): 31–42. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1967.tb02864.x.