''Cryptolinyphia'' is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
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 ...
of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
n
dwarf spiders containing the single species, ''Cryptolinyphia sola''. It was first described by
Alfred Frank Millidge
Alfred Frank Millidge (1914 – 16 April 2012) was a British arachnologist who wrote several works on spiders. One of his best-known might be ''British Spiders'', volumes I and II, which he co-wrote with G. H. Locket. In 1983, he became the first ...
in 1991,
and has only been found in
Colombia.
See also
*
List of Linyphiidae species
References
Linyphiidae
Monotypic Linyphiidae genera
Spiders of South America
Arthropods of Colombia
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