Kryptonesticus

Kryptonesticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Superfamily:	Araneoidea
Family:	Nesticidae
Genus:	Kryptonesticus Pavlek & Ribera, 2017^[1]
Type species
Kryptonesticus deelemanae Pavlek & Ribera, 2017^[1]
Species
Eight, see text for list.

Kryptonesticus is a spider genus in the family Nesticidae.^[1] Its species are found in Europe, though one species—Kryptonesticus eremita— has been introduced to New Zealand.^[2] Excepting K. eremita, Kryptonesticus species have very restricted ranges.^[3]

Seven of its eight species—the exception being type species Kryptonesticus deelemanae—were transferred from Nesticus.^[3]

Species

Kryptonesticus comprises the following species, per the World Spider Catalog:^[2]

Kryptonesticus arenstorffi (Kulczyński, 1914) — Bosnia-Hercegovina
Kryptonesticus beroni (Deltshev, 1977) — Bulgaria
Kryptonesticus beshkovi (Deltshev, 1979) — Crete
Kryptonesticus deelemanae Pavlek & Ribera, 2017 — Croatia
Kryptonesticus dimensis (López-Pancorbo, Kunt & Ribera, 2013) — Turkey
Kryptonesticus eremita (Simon, 1879) — Europe; introduced in New Zealand
Kryptonesticus fagei (Kratochvíl, 1933) — Italy, Montenegro
Kryptonesticus henderickxi (Bosselaers, 1998) — Crete

References

1 2 3 "Kryptonesticus genus details | NMBE - World Spider Catalog". www.wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
1 2 "Kryptonesticus species list | NMBE - World Spider Catalog". www.wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
1 2 Pavlek, Martina; Ribera, Carles (20 January 2017). "Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species". European Journal of Taxonomy (262). doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.262. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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