Cryptaranea
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| 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}}
- Cryptaranea albolineata (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea atrihastula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea invisibilis (Urquhart, 1892) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea stewartensis Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea subalpina Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea subcompta (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
- Cryptaranea venustula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
References
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Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
Category:Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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