Kryptochroma

Kryptochroma is a genus of South American bark-dwelling crab spiders erected by M. Machado, R. Viecelli, and C. Guzati in 2021 after a phylogenetic analysis showed that Stephanopis contained two distinctly different clades. The genus was created for the "pentacantha" clade, as well as for several newly described species.

Species

it contains nine species:

• K. gigas <small>Machado & Viecelli, 2021</small> – Brazil
• K. hilaris <small>Machado & Teixeira, 2021</small> – Brazil
• K. macrostyla <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1929)</small> – Brazil
• K. parahybana <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1929)</small> – French Guiana, Brazil
• K. pentacantha <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1929)</small> (type) – Brazil
• K. quadrata <small>Machado & Viecelli, 2021</small> – Brazil
• K. quinquetuberculata <small>(Taczanowski, 1872)</small> – Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil
• K. renipalpis <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1929)</small> – Brazil
• K. septata <small>Machado & Teixeira, 2021</small> – Brazil

See also

• Stephanopis
• Thomisus
• List of Thomisidae genera

References

Further reading