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]

Platycryptus
Platycryptus undatus
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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)
Species

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Species

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As of August 2019 it contains four species, found only in North America, Central America, and Brazil:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Platycryptus Hill, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. ^ a b Hill, D. E. (1979). "The scales of salticid spiders". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 65 (3): 193–218. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1979.tb01091.x.
  3. ^ Edwards, G. B. (2006). "A review of described Metacyrba, the status of Parkella, and notes on Platycryptus and Balmaceda , with a comparison of the genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Marpissinae)". Insecta Mundi. 19 (4): 193–226.
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