Cryphoeca

Cryphoeca is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870. The name means hidden, in reference to its preference for hiding under loose bark or in stone walls.

==Species== it contains twelve species and one subspecies: Cryphoeca angularis Saito, 1934 – Japan Cryphoeca brignolii Thaler, 1980 – Switzerland, Italy Cryphoeca carpathica Herman, 1879 – Eastern Europe Cryphoeca exlineae Roth, 1988 – USA Cryphoeca lichenum L. Koch, 1876 – Germany, Austria Cryphoeca l. nigerrima Thaler, 1978 – Germany, Austria Cryphoeca montana Emerton, 1909 – USA, Canada Cryphoeca nivalis Schenkel, 1919 – Switzerland, Austria, Italy Cryphoeca pirini (Drensky, 1921) – Bulgaria, Turkey Cryphoeca shingoi Ono, 2007 – Japan Cryphoeca shinkaii Ono, 2007 – Japan Cryphoeca silvicola (C. L. Koch, 1834) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan Cryphoeca thaleri Wunderlich, 1995 – Turkey