Cryptachaea

Cryptachaea is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. Cryptachaea spiders have been sighted 3 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Cryptachaea includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Cryptachaea is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Cryptachaea

Author

Archer, 1946

Sightings Overview

There have been 3 confirmed sightings of Cryptachaea, with the most recent sighting submitted on April 8, 2019 by Spider ID member erica6. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 3 sightings because of certain Cryptachaea sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 33% of the time, Cryptachaea spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 3)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Cryptachaea has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (3).

Location and Range

Cryptachaea has been sighted in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand.

Seasonality

Cryptachaea has been primarily sighted during the month of March.

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March: 2
April: 1
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Cryptachaea Species

Cryptachaea gigantipes
(White Porch Spider)

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