Cryptocellus Explained
Cryptocellus is an arachnid genus in the order Ricinulei, first described by John Westwood in 1874. It is native to the Neotropics.[1]
Species
it contains forty-five species:[2]
- 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
- Kay Pittard . Robert W. Mitchell . 1972 . Comparative morphology of the life stages of Cryptocellus pelaezi (Arachnida, Ricinulei) . Graduate Studies . . 1 . 3–77.
- Mario Ludwig . José G. Palacios-Vargas . Gerd Alberti . 1994 . Cellular details of the midgut of Cryptocellus boneti (Arachnida: Ricinulei) . . 220 . 3 . 263–270 . 10.1002/jmor.1052200305 . 29865385. 46930292 .
- Gerd Alberti . José G. Palacios-Vargas . 1984 . Fine structure of spermatogenesis and mature spermatozoa in Cryptocellus boneti Bolivar y Pieltain, 1941 (Arachnida, Ricinulei) . . 87 . 1 . 1–12 . 10.1016/S0022-5320(84)90111-4.
- . 1999 . Morphological structures and vertical distribution in the soil indicate facultative plastron respiration in Cryptocellus adisi (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Central Amazonia . . 34 . 1 . 1–9 . 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 . . 151 . 1 . 31–42 . 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1967.tb02864.x.
Notes and References
- Book: Westwood, John . Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis . . 1874 . Oxford.
- 2022 . Genus: Cryptocellus Westwood, 1874 . Natural History Museum Bern . 13 October 2022 . World Ricinulei Catalog.
