Cryptothele (spider)

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 mainly 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