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]
Species
As of March 2020 it contains nineteen species, found in Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory:[1]
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Cryptoerithus annaburroo Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
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Cryptoerithus griffith Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland, South Australia)
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Cryptoerithus halifax Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
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Cryptoerithus halli Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Cryptoerithus harveyi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Cryptoerithus hasenpuschi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cryptoerithus lawlessi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cryptoerithus melindae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Cryptoerithus nichtaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cryptoerithus ninan Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Cryptoerithus nonaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia)
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Cryptoerithus nopaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Cryptoerithus nyetaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
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Cryptoerithus occultus Rainbow, 1915 (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia)
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Cryptoerithus quamby Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cryptoerithus quobba Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Southern Australia
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Cryptoerithus rough Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
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Cryptoerithus shadabi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Southern Australia
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Cryptoerithus stuart Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
See also
References
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^ a b "Gen. Cryptoerithus Rainbow, 1915". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
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^ Rainbow, W. J. (1915). "Arachnida collected in north-western South Australia". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 39: 772–793.
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^ Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226.
