Cryphoeca is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870.[2] The name means hidden, in reference to its preference for hiding under loose bark or in stone walls.[3]

Cryphoeca
Cryphoeca silvicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cybaeidae
Genus: Cryphoeca
Thorell, 1870[1]
Type species
C. silvicola
(C. L. Koch, 1834)
Species

12, see text

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains twelve species and one subspecies:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Cryphoeca Thorell, 1870". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  2. ^ Thorell, T. (1870). "On European spiders". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 109–242.
  3. ^ "Spider of the Month - February". Professor David Curtis. Retrieved 2016-09-19.