Cryptocellus

Cryptocellus
Cryptocellus goodnighti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ricinulei
Family:	Ricinoididae
Genus:	Cryptocellus Westwood, 1874
Type species
Cryptocellus foedus Westwood, 1874
Species
45, see text
Synonyms
Heteroricinoides Dumitresco & Juvara-balş, 1977 [1]

Cryptocellus is an arachnid genus in the order Ricinulei, first described by John Westwood in 1874. It is native to the Neotropics. ^[2]

Species

As of October 2022 ^[update] it contains forty-five species: ^[3]

• Cryptocellus abaporu Bonaldo & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2003 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus adisi Platnick, 1988 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus albosquamatus Cooke, 1967 — Guyana
• Cryptocellus becki Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus bocas Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama
• Cryptocellus bordoni (Dumitresco & Juvara-balş, 1977) — Venezuela
• Cryptocellus brignolii Cokendolpher, 2000 — Suriname
• Cryptocellus canga Pinto-da-Rocha & Andrade, 2012 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus canutama Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus centralis Fage, 1921 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus chimaera Botero-Trujillo & Valdez-Mondragón, 2016 — Ecuador
• Cryptocellus chiriqui Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica, Panama
• Cryptocellus chiruisla Botero-Trujillo & Flórez D., 2017 — Ecuador
• Cryptocellus conori Tourinho & Saturnino, 2010 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus fagei Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus florezi Platnick & García, 2008 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus foedus Westwood, 1874 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus gamboa Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama
• Cryptocellus glenoides Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus goodnighti Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus guaviarensis Botero-Trujillo & Flórez D., 2018 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus hanseni Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Honduras, Nicaragua
• Cryptocellus iaci Tourinho, Man-Hung & Bonaldo, 2010 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus icamiabas Tourinho & de Azevedo, 2007 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus islacolon Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Panama
• Cryptocellus isthmius Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Panama
• Cryptocellus jamari Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus lampeli Cooke, 1967 — Guyana
• Cryptocellus leleupi Cooreman, 1976 — Ecuador
• Cryptocellus lisbethae González-Sponga, 1998 — Venezuela
• Cryptocellus luisedieri Botero-Trujillo & Pérez, 2009 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus macagual Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus magnus Ewing, 1929 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus muiraquitan Tourinho, Lo-Man-Hung & Salvatierra, 2014 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus narino Platnick & Paz, 1979 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus osa Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus peckorum Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus platnicki Botero-Trujillo & Pérez, 2008 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus pseudocellatus Roewer, 1952 — Peru
• Cryptocellus simonis Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus sofiae Botero-Trujillo, 2014 — Colombia
• Cryptocellus striatipes Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus tarsilae Pinto-da-Rocha & Bonaldo, 2007 — Brazil
• Cryptocellus verde Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica
• Cryptocellus whitticki Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Guyana

References

1. Platnick, Norman; Shadab, Mohammad (1977). "On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". American Museum Novitates (2633): 1–17.
2. Westwood, John (1874). Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3. "Genus: Cryptocellus Westwood, 1874". World Ricinulei Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.

• Kay Pittard; Robert W. Mitchell (1972). "Comparative morphology of the life stages of Cryptocellus pelaezi (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". Graduate Studies. 1. Texas Tech University: 3–77.
• Mario Ludwig; José G. Palacios-Vargas; Gerd Alberti (1994). "Cellular details of the midgut of Cryptocellus boneti (Arachnida: Ricinulei)". Journal of Morphology . 220 (3): 263–270. Bibcode:1994JMorp.220..263L. doi:10.1002/jmor.1052200305. PMID   29865385. S2CID   46930292.
• Gerd Alberti; José G. Palacios-Vargas (1984). "Fine structure of spermatogenesis and mature spermatozoa in Cryptocellus boneti Bolivar y Pieltain, 1941 (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". Journal of Ultrastructure Research . 87 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1016/S0022-5320(84)90111-4.
• Joachim Adis, Benjamin Messner & Norman Platnick (1999). "Morphological structures and vertical distribution in the soil indicate facultative plastron respiration in Cryptocellus adisi (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Central Amazonia". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment . 34 (1): 1–9. Bibcode:1999SNFE...34....1A. doi:10.1076/snfe.34.1.1.8915.
• J. A. L. Cooke (1967). "Observations on the biology of Ricinulei (Arachnida) with descriptions of two new species of Cryptocellus". Journal of Zoology . 151 (1): 31–42. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1967.tb02864.x.

External links

• Data related to Cryptocellus at Wikispecies