title: Cryptaranea
text: # Cryptaranea
  
  Cryptaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of April 2019 it contains seven species, all found in New Zealand:
  
  * Cryptaranea albolineata (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
  * Cryptaranea atrihastula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
  * Cryptaranea invisibilis (Urquhart, 1892) – New Zealand
  * Cryptaranea stewartensis Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
  * Cryptaranea subalpina Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
  * Cryptaranea subcompta (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand
  * Cryptaranea venustula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand
  