Kryptochroma
Sign in to saveKryptochroma 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.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyThomisidae
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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 Machado & Viecelli, 2021 – Brazil K. hilaris Machado & Teixeira, 2021 – Brazil K. macrostyla (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil K. parahybana (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – French Guiana, Brazil K. pentacantha (Mello-Leitão, 1929) (type) – Brazil K. quadrata Machado & Viecelli, 2021 – Brazil K. quinquetuberculata (Taczanowski, 1872) – Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil K. renipalpis (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil K. septata Machado & Teixeira, 2021 – Brazil