Cryphoeca | |
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Cryphoeca silvicola | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Hahniidae |
Genus: |
Cryphoeca Thorrell, 1870 |
Species | |
See text. |
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Diversity | |
12 species |
See text.
Cryphoeca are a genus of dwarf sheet spiders in the family Hahniidae which consists of twelve species with a Holarctic distribution. The genus name Cryphoeca means hidden, in reference to its preference for hiding under loose bark or in stone walls.
As of September 2016[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: