''Cryptothele'' is a

spider Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species d ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

with 10 described species, now placed in the family

Zodariidae Ant spiders are members of the family Zodariidae. They are small to medium-sized eight-eyed spiders found in all tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, Arabia and the Indian sub ...

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

Distribution

The genus occurs in mainly in tropical Asia and

Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecolo ...

Species

, the

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accepted the following species: * '' Cryptothele alluaudi''

Simon Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

, 1893 —

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* '' Cryptothele ceylonica'' O. P-Cambridge, 1877 —

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

* '' Cryptothele collina''

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, 1901 —

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

* ''

Cryptothele cristata ''Cryptothele'' may refer to: * ''Cryptothele'' (lichen), a genus of lichens * ''Cryptothele'' (spider), a genus of spiders {{Disambig, genus ...

'' Simon, 1884 — Unknown * '' Cryptothele doreyana'' Simon, 1890 —

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

* ''

Cryptothele marchei ''Cryptothele'' may refer to: * ''Cryptothele'' (lichen), a genus of lichens * ''Cryptothele'' (spider), a genus of spiders {{Disambig, genus ...

'' Simon, 1890 — New Caledonia, Mariana Islands * ''

Cryptothele sundaica ''Cryptothele'' may refer to: * ''Cryptothele'' (lichen), a genus of lichens * ''Cryptothele'' (spider), a genus of spiders {{Disambig, genus ...

'' Thorell, 1890 —

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

, Sumatra,

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...

** '' Cryptothele sundaica amplior'' Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Sunda Is.) ** '' Cryptothele sundaica javana'' Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Java) * '' Cryptothele verrucosa'' L. Koch, 1872 —

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, Fiji

References

Zodariidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia {{Zodariidae-stub