''Cryphoeca'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
araneomorph spiders in the family
Cybaeidae
Cybaeidae is a family of spiders first described by Nathan Banks in 1892. The diving bell spider or water spider ''Argyroneta aquatica'' was previously included in this family, but is now in the family Dictynidae.
Genera
, the World Spider Cata ...
, and was first described by
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...
in 1870.
The name means hidden, in reference to its preference for hiding under loose bark or in stone walls.
Species
it contains twelve species and one subspecies:
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Cryphoeca angularis''
Saito, 1934 – Japan
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Cryphoeca brignolii''
Thaler, 1980 – Switzerland, Italy
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Cryphoeca carpathica''
Herman, 1879 – Eastern Europe
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Cryphoeca exlineae''
Roth, 1988 – USA
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Cryphoeca lichenum''
L. Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...
, 1876 – Germany, Austria
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Cryphoeca l. nigerrima''
Thaler, 1978 – Germany, Austria
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Cryphoeca montana''
Emerton, 1909 – USA, Canada
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Cryphoeca nivalis''
Schenkel, 1919 – Switzerland, Austria, Italy
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Cryphoeca pirini''
(Drensky, 1921) – Bulgaria, Turkey
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Cryphoeca shingoi''
Ono, 2007 – Japan
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Cryphoeca shinkaii''
Ono, 2007 – Japan
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Cryphoeca silvicola''
(C. L. Koch, 1834) (
type
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) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan
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Cryphoeca thaleri''
Wunderlich, 1995 – Turkey
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cybaeidae
Holarctic spiders
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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