Cryptoerithus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Gnaphosoidea

Familia: Gnaphosidae
Subfamily: Prodidominae
Genus: Cryptoerithus
Species: C. annaburroo – C. griffith – C. halifax – C. halli – C. harveyi – C. hasenpuschi – C. lawlessi – C. melindae – C. nichtaut – C. ninan – C. nonaut – C. nopaut – C. nyetaut – C. occultus – C. quamby – C. quobba – C. rough – C. shadabi – C. stuart
Name

Cryptoerithus Rainbow, 1915

Type species: Cryptoerithus occultus William Joseph Rainbow, 1915
References
Primary references

Rainbow, W.J. 1915. Arachnida collected in north-western South Australia. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 39: 772-793. Reference page.

Additional references

Platnick, N.I. & Baehr, B.C. 2006: A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 298: 1-287. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2. Reference page.

Cryptoerithus is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1915.[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]
Species

As of March 2020 it contains nineteen species, found in Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory:[1]

Cryptoerithus annaburroo Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
Cryptoerithus griffith Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland, South Australia)
Cryptoerithus halifax Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
Cryptoerithus halli Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Cryptoerithus harveyi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Cryptoerithus hasenpuschi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
Cryptoerithus lawlessi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
Cryptoerithus melindae Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Cryptoerithus nichtaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
Cryptoerithus ninan Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Cryptoerithus nonaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia)
Cryptoerithus nopaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Western Australia)
Cryptoerithus nyetaut Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)
Cryptoerithus occultus Rainbow, 1915 (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia)
Cryptoerithus quamby Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Queensland)
Cryptoerithus quobba Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Southern Australia
Cryptoerithus rough Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (South Australia)
Cryptoerithus shadabi Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Southern Australia
Cryptoerithus stuart Platnick & Baehr, 2006 – Australia (Northern Territory)