The World Spider Catalog, Version 4.0
by Norman I. Platnick

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FAM. CRYPTOTHELIDAE L. Koch, 1872

Last updated Mar. 13, 2001

N.B.: considered valid by Davies, 1985: 58; Jocqué (1986a, b) concurs that Cryptothele is not a zodariid.

Gen. Cryptothele L. Koch, 1872

mf alluaudi Simon, 1893....................Seychelles
C. a. Simon, 1893g: 205 (Df).
C. a. Benoit, 1978i: 694, f. 2, 3A-D (f, Dm).

f ceylonica O. P.-Cambridge, 1877....................Sri Lanka
C. c. O. P.-Cambridge, 1877b: 563, pl. 56, f. 4 (Df).

?? collina Pocock, 1901....................India
C. c. Pocock, 1901d: 498 (D).

j cristata Simon, 1884....................Unknown
C. c. Simon, 1884f: 302 (Dj).

m doreyana Simon, 1890....................New Guinea, Queensland
C. d. Simon, 1890c: 132 (Dm).

mf marchei Simon, 1890....................New Caledonia, Mariana Is.
C. m. Simon, 1890c: 132 (Dmf).
C. m. Simon, 1893a: 421, f. 388-392 (f).

mf sundaica Thorell, 1890....................Singapore, Sumatra, Java
C. s. Thorell, 1890d: 305 (Dm).
C. s. Workman, 1896: 77, pl. 77 (Df).
C. s. Kulczyn'ski, 1911b: 482, pl. 21, f. 31 (f).

f sundaica amplior Kulczyn'ski, 1911....................Sunda Is.
C. s. a. Kulczyn'ski, 1911b: 482, pl. 21, f. 30 (Df).

f sundaica javana Kulczyn'ski, 1911....................Java
C. s. j. Kulczyn'ski, 1911b: 482, pl. 21, f. 32 (Df).
C. s. j. Roewer, 1938: 11, f. 5 (f).

f verrucosa L. Koch, 1872 *....................Samoa, Fiji
C. v. L. Koch, 1872a: 240, pl. 20, f. 2 (Df).