''Cryptaranea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
South Pacific
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orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court &
Raymond Robert Forster
Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of The Entomological Society of New Zealand.
Biography
Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educa ...
in 1988.
Species
it contains seven species, all found in
New Zealand
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:
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Cryptaranea albolineata''
(Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
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Cryptaranea atrihastula''
(Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
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Cryptaranea invisibilis''
(Urquhart, 1892) – New Zealand
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Cryptaranea stewartensis''
Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
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Cryptaranea subalpina''
Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
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Cryptaranea subcompta''
(Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
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Cryptaranea venustula''
(Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
References
Araneidae
Araneidae genera
Endemic spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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