{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Cryptaranea atrihastula-Cryptic Orbweb Spider (NZAC06001374).jpg | image_caption = ''Cryptaranea atrihastula'' | taxon = Cryptaranea | authority = Court & Forster, 1988<ref name=NMBE /> | subdivision = 7, see text | type_species = ''C. invisibilis'' | type_species_authority = (Urquhart, 1892) | subdivision_ranks = Species }}
'''''Cryptaranea''''' is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.<ref name=Cour1988>{{cite journal| last1=Court| first1=D. J.| last2=Forster| first2=R. R.| year=1988| title=The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae.| journal=Otago Museum Bulletin| pages=68–124| volume=6}}</ref>
==Species== {{as of|2019|04}} it contains seven species, all found in New Zealand:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Gen. Cryptaranea Court & Forster, 1988| website=World Spider Catalog| accessdate=2019-05-13| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/300}}</ref> *''Cryptaranea albolineata'' <small>(Urquhart, 1893)</small> – New Zealand *''Cryptaranea atrihastula'' <small>(Urquhart, 1891)</small> – New Zealand *''Cryptaranea invisibilis'' <small>(Urquhart, 1892)</small> – New Zealand *''Cryptaranea stewartensis'' <small>Court & Forster, 1988</small> – New Zealand *''Cryptaranea subalpina'' <small>Court & Forster, 1988</small> – New Zealand *''Cryptaranea subcompta'' <small>(Urquhart, 1887)</small> – New Zealand *''Cryptaranea venustula'' <small>(Urquhart, 1891)</small> – New Zealand
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Araneidae Category:Araneidae genera Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand Category:Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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