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Kryptochroma
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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.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Kryptochroma quadrata

speciesKryptochroma quadrata

Kryptochroma quinquetuberculata

speciesKryptochroma quinquetuberculata

Kryptochroma macrostyla

speciesKryptochroma macrostyla

Kryptochroma gigas

speciesKryptochroma gigas

Kryptochroma hilaris

speciesKryptochroma hilaris

Kryptochroma septata

speciesKryptochroma septata

Kryptochroma pentacantha

speciesKryptochroma pentacantha

Kryptochroma renipalpis

speciesKryptochroma renipalpis

Kryptochroma parahybana

speciesKryptochroma parahybana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1417520.