Cryptocellus

Cryptocellus
	Cryptocellus goodnighti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ricinulei
Family:	Ricinoididae
Genus:	Cryptocellus; Westwood, 1874
Type species
	Cryptocellus foedus; Westwood, 1874
Species
	45, see text
Synonyms
	Heteroricinoides Dumitresco & Juvara-balş, 1977 ;

Cryptocellus is an arachnid genus in the order Ricinulei, first described by John Westwood in 1874. It is native to the Neotropics.^[2]

Species

As of October 2022^[update] it contains forty-five species:^[3]

Cryptocellus abaporu Bonaldo & Pinto-da-Rocha, 2003 — Brazil
Cryptocellus adisi Platnick, 1988 — Brazil
Cryptocellus albosquamatus Cooke, 1967 — Guyana
Cryptocellus becki Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Brazil
Cryptocellus bocas Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama
Cryptocellus bordoni (Dumitresco & Juvara-balş, 1977) — Venezuela
Cryptocellus brignolii Cokendolpher, 2000 — Suriname
Cryptocellus canga Pinto-da-Rocha & Andrade, 2012 — Brazil
Cryptocellus canutama Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Brazil
Cryptocellus centralis Fage, 1921 — Costa Rica
Cryptocellus chimaera Botero-Trujillo & Valdez-Mondragón, 2016 — Ecuador
Cryptocellus chiriqui Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica, Panama
Cryptocellus chiruisla Botero-Trujillo & Flórez D., 2017 — Ecuador
Cryptocellus conori Tourinho & Saturnino, 2010 — Brazil
Cryptocellus fagei Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Costa Rica
Cryptocellus florezi Platnick & García, 2008 — Colombia
Cryptocellus foedus Westwood, 1874 — Brazil
Cryptocellus gamboa Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Panama
Cryptocellus glenoides Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Colombia
Cryptocellus goodnighti Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica
Cryptocellus guaviarensis Botero-Trujillo & Flórez D., 2018 — Colombia
Cryptocellus hanseni Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Honduras, Nicaragua
Cryptocellus iaci Tourinho, Man-Hung & Bonaldo, 2010 — Brazil
Cryptocellus icamiabas Tourinho & de Azevedo, 2007 — Brazil
Cryptocellus islacolon Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Panama
Cryptocellus isthmius Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Panama
Cryptocellus jamari Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Brazil
Cryptocellus lampeli Cooke, 1967 — Guyana
Cryptocellus leleupi Cooreman, 1976 — Ecuador
Cryptocellus lisbethae González-Sponga, 1998 — Venezuela
Cryptocellus luisedieri Botero-Trujillo & Pérez, 2009 — Colombia
Cryptocellus macagual Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. & Prendini, 2021 — Colombia
Cryptocellus magnus Ewing, 1929 — Colombia
Cryptocellus muiraquitan Tourinho, Lo-Man-Hung & Salvatierra, 2014 — Brazil
Cryptocellus narino Platnick & Paz, 1979 — Colombia
Cryptocellus osa Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica
Cryptocellus peckorum Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Colombia
Cryptocellus platnicki Botero-Trujillo & Pérez, 2008 — Colombia
Cryptocellus pseudocellatus Roewer, 1952 — Peru
Cryptocellus simonis Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 — Brazil
Cryptocellus sofiae Botero-Trujillo, 2014 — Colombia
Cryptocellus striatipes Cooke & Shadab, 1973 — Costa Rica
Cryptocellus tarsilae Pinto-da-Rocha & Bonaldo, 2007 — Brazil
Cryptocellus verde Platnick & Shadab, 1981 — Costa Rica
Cryptocellus whitticki Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Guyana

References

^ Platnick, Norman; Shadab, Mohammad (1977). "On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". American Museum Novitates (2633): 1–17.
^ Westwood, John (1874). Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
^ "Genus: Cryptocellus Westwood, 1874". World Ricinulei Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.

Kay Pittard; Robert W. Mitchell (1972). "Comparative morphology of the life stages of Cryptocellus pelaezi (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". Graduate Studies. 1. Texas Tech University: 3–77.
Mario Ludwig; José G. Palacios-Vargas; Gerd Alberti (1994). "Cellular details of the midgut of Cryptocellus boneti (Arachnida: Ricinulei)". Journal of Morphology. 220 (3): 263–270. doi:10.1002/jmor.1052200305. PMID 29865385. S2CID 46930292.
Gerd Alberti; José G. Palacios-Vargas (1984). "Fine structure of spermatogenesis and mature spermatozoa in Cryptocellus boneti Bolivar y Pieltain, 1941 (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". Journal of Ultrastructure Research. 87 (1): 1–12. doi:10.1016/S0022-5320(84)90111-4.
Joachim Adis, Benjamin Messner & Norman Platnick (1999). "Morphological structures and vertical distribution in the soil indicate facultative plastron respiration in Cryptocellus adisi (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Central Amazonia". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 34 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1076/snfe.34.1.1.8915.
J. A. L. Cooke (1967). "Observations on the biology of Ricinulei (Arachnida) with descriptions of two new species of Cryptocellus". Journal of Zoology. 151 (1): 31–42. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1967.tb02864.x.

External links

Data related to Cryptocellus at Wikispecies

[1] Platnick, Norman; Shadab, Mohammad (1977). "On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". American Museum Novitates (2633): 1–17.

[2] Westwood, John (1874). Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[NMBE-3] "Genus: Cryptocellus Westwood, 1874". World Ricinulei Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.

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