''Cryptoforis'' is a

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of armoured trapdoor spiders. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to Australia. It was first described by Jeremy Wilson,

Michael Rix Michael Rix (born 8 January 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally rookie listed with Hawthorn for the 2004 season, Rix did not ...

and

Robert Raven Robert John Raven is an Australian arachnologist, being the Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and the Senior Curator (Arachnida) at the Queensland Museum. Dr Raven has described over 450 species of spider in Australia and elsewhere, and is spider ...

in 2020.

Species

the genus contained eighteen species from

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(NSW),

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

(QLD),

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(TAS) or

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(VIC): *'' C. absona'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW *'' C. arenaria'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD *'' C. cairncross'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD *'' C. cassisi'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW *'' C. celata'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW *'' C. cooloola'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD *'' C. fallax'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW *'' C. grayi'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW *'' C. hickmani'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – TAS *'' C. hughesae'' Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2020 (

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) – QLD *'' C. mainae'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW, QLD *'' C. montana'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD *'' C. monteithi'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD *'' C. tasmanica'' (Hickman, 1928) – TAS *'' C. victoriensis'' (

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, 1995) – VIC *'' C. woondum'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD *'' C. xenophila'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – TAS *'' C. zophera'' Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – VIC

Species

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