Cryphoeca | |
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Cryphoeca silvicola | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Cybaeidae |
Genus: | Cryphoeca Thorell, 1870[1] |
Type species | |
C. silvicola (C. L. Koch, 1834)
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Species | |
12, see text |
Cryphoeca is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870.[2] The name means hidden, in reference to its preference for hiding under loose bark or in stone walls.[3]
As of May 2019[update] it contains twelve species and one subspecies:[1]