Cryptaranea

Cryptaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.

Species
it contains seven species, all found in New Zealand:
 * Cryptaranea albolineata (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
 * Cryptaranea atrihastula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
 * Cryptaranea invisibilis (Urquhart, 1892) – New Zealand
 * Cryptaranea stewartensis Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
 * Cryptaranea subalpina Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
 * Cryptaranea subcompta (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
 * Cryptaranea venustula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand