Cryptoforis is a genus of armoured trapdoor spiders. It is endemic to Australia.[1] It was first described by Jeremy Wilson, Michael Rix and Robert Raven in 2020.[2]

Cryptoforis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Cryptoforis
Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2020[1]
Type species
C. hughesae
Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2020
Species

18, see text

Species

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As of December 2021 the genus contained eighteen species from New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), Tasmania (TAS) or Victoria (VIC):[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Cryptoforis Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  2. ^ Wilson, J. D.; Raven, R. J.; Schmidt, D. J.; et al. (2020). "Total-evidence analysis of an undescribed fauna: resolving the evolution and classification of Australia's golden trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae: Arbanitinae: Euoplini)". Cladistics. 36 (6): 543–568. doi:10.1111/cla.12415. PMID 34618949. S2CID 225677893.

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