Cryptothele is a spider genus with eight described species, now placed in the family Zodariidae.
This genus was the sole member of the family Cryptothelidae, which is no longer accepted.
Distribution The genus occurs in tropical Asia and Australasia.
Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
Cryptothele alluaudi Simon, 1893 — Seychelles Cryptothele ceylonica O. P-Cambridge, 1877 — Sri Lanka Cryptothele collina Pocock, 1901 — India Cryptothele cristata Simon, 1884 — Unknown Cryptothele doreyana Simon, 1890 — New Guinea, Queensland Cryptothele marchei Simon, 1890 — New Caledonia, Mariana Islands Cryptothele sundaica Thorell, 1890 — Singapore, Sumatra, Java Cryptothele sundaica amplior Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Sunda Is.) Cryptothele sundaica javana Kulczyński, 1911 — Indonesia (Java) Cryptothele verrucosa L. Koch, 1872 — Samoa, Fiji
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