Cryptothele (spider)

Cryptothele is a spider genus with eight described species, now placed in the family Zodariidae.

Cryptothele
Cryptothele sundaica from Sumatra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Cryptothele L. Koch, 1872[1]
Species
See text.
Diversity[1]
10 species

This genus was the sole member of the family Cryptothelidae, which is no longer accepted.^[2]

Distribution

The genus occurs in mainly in tropical Asia and Australasia.^[1]

Species

As of December 2023^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[1]

• Cryptothele alluaudi Simon, 1893 — Seychelles
• Cryptothele ceylonica O. P-Cambridge, 1877 — Sri Lanka
• Cryptothele collina Pocock, 1901 — India
• Cryptothele cristata Simon, 1884 — Unknown
• Cryptothele doreyana Simon, 1890 — New Guinea, Queensland
• Cryptothele marchei Simon, 1890 — New Caledonia, Mariana Islands
• Cryptothele sundaica Thorell, 1890 — Singapore, Sumatra, Java
  • Cryptothele sundaica amplior Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Sunda Is.)
  • Cryptothele sundaica javana Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Java)
• Cryptothele verrucosa L. Koch, 1872 — Samoa, Fiji