Kryptochroma is a genus of South American bark-dwelling crab spiders erected by M. Machado, R. Viecelli, and C. Guzati in 2021 after a phylogenetic analysis showed that Stephanopis contained two distinctly different clades.[2] The genus was created for the "pentacantha" clade, as well as for several newly described species.[2][1]
| Kryptochroma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Kryptochroma Machado, 2021[1] |
| Type species | |
| Stephanopis pentacantha (Mello-Leitão, 1929)
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| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Species edit
As of April 2022[update] it contains nine species:[1]
- K. gigas Machado & Viecelli, 2021 – Brazil
- K. hilaris Machado & Teixeira, 2021 – Brazil
- K. macrostyla (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
- K. parahybana (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – French Guiana, Brazil
- K. pentacantha (Mello-Leitão, 1929) (type) – Brazil
- K. quadrata Machado & Viecelli, 2021 – Brazil
- K. quinquetuberculata (Taczanowski, 1872) – Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil
- K. renipalpis (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil
- K. septata Machado & Teixeira, 2021 – Brazil
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Kryptochroma Machado, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ a b Machado, M.; Viecelli, R.; Guzati, C.; et al. (2021). "Kryptochroma: a new genus of bark-dwelling crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 778: 26–70, 136–137. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1565. hdl:11336/153135.
Further reading edit
- Machado, M.; Teixeira, R. A. (2021). "Phylogenetic relationships in Stephanopinae: systematics of Stephanopis and Sidymella based on morphological characters (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21 (2): 281–313. doi:10.1007/s13127-020-00472-x. hdl:10923/20190.
- Machado, M.; Teixeira, R. A.; Lise, A. A. (2017). "Cladistic analysis supports the monophyly of the Neotropical crab spider genus Epicadus and its senior synonymy over Tobias (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 31 (4): 442–455 & Supplement. doi:10.1071/IS16074.
- Soares, B. A. M.; Soares, H. E. M. (1946). "Contribuição ao estudo das aranhas do estado do Espírito Santo" [Contribution to the study of spiders in the state of Espírito Santo]. Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, Sao Paolo (in Portuguese). 7: 51–72.
- Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929). "Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil" [Aphantochilidae and Thomisidae from Brazil]. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese). 31: 9–359.