Kryptochroma is a genus of South American bark-dwelling crab spiders erected by M. Machado, R. Viecelli, and C. Guzati in 2021 after a phylogenetic analysis showed that Stephanopis contained two distinctly different clades.[2] The genus was created for the "pentacantha" clade, as well as for several newly described species.[2][1]

Kryptochroma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Kryptochroma
Machado, 2021[1]
Type species
Stephanopis pentacantha
Species

9, see text

Species

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As of April 2022 it contains nine species:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Kryptochroma Machado, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  2. ^ a b Machado, M.; Viecelli, R.; Guzati, C.; et al. (2021). "Kryptochroma: a new genus of bark-dwelling crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 778: 26–70, 136–137. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1565. hdl:11336/153135.

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