Cryptoerithus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Cryptoerithus

| authority = Rainbow, 1915

| type_species = C. occultus

| type_species_authority = Rainbow, 1915

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 19, see text

}}

Cryptoerithus is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1915.{{cite journal| last=Rainbow| first=W. J.| year=1915| title=Arachnida collected in north-western South Australia| journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia| pages=772–793| volume=39}} Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.{{cite journal| last=Azevedo| first=G. H. F| last2=Griswold| first2=C. E.| last3=Santos| first3=A. J.| year=2018| title=Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)| journal=Cladistics| volume=34| issue=6| page=614| doi=10.1111/cla.12226| doi-access=free}}

Species

{{as of|2020|03}} it contains nineteen species, found in Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory:{{cite web| title=Gen. Cryptoerithus Rainbow, 1915| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-04-14| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2445| doi=10.24436/2}}

See also

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