Crypticarachne

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Crypticarachne
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Crypticarachne
Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 [1]
Species:
C. nadineae
Binomial name
Crypticarachne nadineae
(Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022) [2]

Crypticarachne is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae containing the single species, Crypticarachne nadineae. [2]

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Distribution

Crypticarachne nadineae is endemic to Ecuador. [2]

Etymology

The genus name combines "cryptic" and arachne (spider), in reference to the cryptic nature of this spider. [1] The species name honors arachnologist Nadine Dupérré. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Sherwood, D.; Gabriel, R.; Peñaherrera-R., P.; León-E., R. J.; Rollard, C.; Leguin, E.-A.; Brescovit, A. D.; Lucas, S. M. (2025). "On the identity of some taxa in the tarantula tribe Hapalopini, with two synonymies, and description of four new genera and three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". ZooNova. 46: 1–23. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17612014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Crypticarachne Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, León-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  3. ↑ Sherwood, D.; Gabriel, R. (2022). "Thrixopelma nadineae, a new theraphosine from Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Taxonomy. 2 (3): 255–260. doi: 10.3390/taxonomy2030020 .


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