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Cryphoeca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Order
  
Araneae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Arachnida

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Cryphoeca

Similar
  
Hahnia, Dwarf sheet spi, Centromerus, Agyneta, Bathyphantes

Cryphoeca are a genus of dwarf sheet spiders in the family Hahniidae which consists of twelve species with a Holarctic distribution. The genus name Cryphoeca means hidden, in reference to its preference for hiding under loose bark or in stone walls.

Species

As of September 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

  • Cryphoeca angularis Saito, 1934 – Japan
  • Cryphoeca brignolii Thaler, 1980 – Switzerland, Italy
  • Cryphoeca carpathica Herman, 1879 – Europe
  • Cryphoeca exlineae Roth, 1988 – United States of America
  • Cryphoeca lichenum L. Koch, 1876 – Germany, Austria
  • Cryphoeca montana Emerton, 1909 – United States of America, Canada
  • Cryphoeca nivalis Schenkel, 1919 – Switzerland, Austria, Italy
  • Cryphoeca pirini (Drensky, 1921) – Bulgaria, Turkey
  • Cryphoeca shingoi Ono, 2007 – Japan
  • Cryphoeca shinkaii Ono, 2007 – Japan
  • Cryphoeca silvicola (C. L. Koch, 1834) – Palearctic
  • Cryphoeca thaleri Wunderlich, 1995 – Turkey
  • References

    Cryphoeca Wikipedia