Platycryptus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Platycryptus

| image = Platycryptus_female.jpg

| image_caption = Platycryptus undatus

| authority = Hill, 1979

| type_species = P. undatus

| type_species_authority = (De Geer, 1778)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 4, see text

}}

Platycryptus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by D. E. Hill in 1979.{{cite journal| last=Hill| first=D. E.| year=1979| title=The scales of salticid spiders| journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society| pages=193–218| volume=65| issue=3| doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1979.tb01091.x}} The name comes from the Greek platy meaning flat and crypt meaning hidden, as these spiders are squat and will frequently hide in crevices. They have hairy bodies with a cryptic gray and brown color pattern. They live on or under the bark of trees, and can be found on man-made wooden structures.{{cite journal| last=Edwards| first=G. B.| year=2006| title=A review of described Metacyrba, the status of Parkella, and notes on Platycryptus and Balmaceda , with a comparison of the genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Marpissinae)| journal=Insecta Mundi| pages=193–226| volume=19| issue=4}}