Cryptaranea

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cryptaranea atrihastula-Cryptic Orbweb Spider (NZAC06001374).jpg

| image_caption = Cryptaranea atrihastula

| taxon = Cryptaranea

| authority = Court & Forster, 1988

| subdivision = 7, see text

| type_species = C. invisibilis

| type_species_authority = (Urquhart, 1892)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

}}

Cryptaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.{{cite journal| last1=Court| first1=D. J.| last2=Forster| first2=R. R.| year=1988| title=The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae.| journal=Otago Museum Bulletin| pages=68–124| volume=6}}

Species

{{as of|2019|04}} it contains seven species, all found in New Zealand:{{cite web| title=Gen. Cryptaranea Court & Forster, 1988| website=World Spider Catalog| accessdate=2019-05-13| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/300}}

References