Platycryptus | |
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Platycryptus undatus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Platycryptus Hill, 1979 [1] |
Type species | |
P. undatus (
De Geer, 1778)
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Species | |
4, see text |
Platycryptus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by D. E. Hill in 1979. [2] The name comes from the Greek platy meaning flat and crypt meaning hidden, as these spiders are squat and will frequently hide in crevices. [2] They have hairy bodies with a cryptic gray and brown color pattern. They live on or under the bark of trees, and can be found on man-made wooden structures. [3]
As of August 2019 [update] it contains four species, found only in North America, Central America, and Brazil: [1]