Cryptoforis Explained

Cryptoforis is a genus of armoured trapdoor spiders. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described by Jeremy Wilson, Michael Rix and Robert Raven in 2020.

Species

the genus contained eighteen species from New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), Tasmania (TAS) or Victoria (VIC):

C. absona Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW
C. arenaria Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD
C. cairncross Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD
C. cassisi Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW
C. celata Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW
C. cooloola Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD
C. fallax Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW
C. grayi Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW
C. hickmani Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – TAS
C. hughesae Wilson, Rix & Raven, 2020 (type) – QLD
C. mainae Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – NSW, QLD
C. montana Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD
C. monteithi Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD
C. tasmanica (Hickman, 1928) – TAS
C. victoriensis (Main, 1995) – VIC
C. woondum Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – QLD
C. xenophila Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – TAS
C. zophera Wilson, Raven & Rix, 2021 – VIC

See also

Further reading

Wilson. J. D.. Rix. M. G.. Schmidt. D. J.. etal. 2021. Journal of Arachnology. Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Cryptoforis (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplini): documenting an enigmatic lineage from the eastern Australian mesic zone. 49. 1. 28–90. 10.1636/JoA-S-18-100. 234364778.
Rix. M. G.. Raven. R. J.. Main. B. Y.. etal. 2017. Invertebrate Systematics. The Australasian spiny trapdoor spiders of the family Idiopidae (Mygalomorphae: Arbanitinae): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. 31. 5. 566–634. 10.1071/IS16065. 90787136.
Raven. R. J.. Wishart. G.. 2006. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. The trapdoor spider Arbanitis L. Koch (Idiopidae: Mygalomorphae) in Australia. 51. 531–557.
Main. B. Y.. 1995. The Victorian Naturalist. Biosystematics of Australian mygalomorph spiders: two new species of Arbanitis from Victoria (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae). 112. 202–207.