Cryptoerithus

Platnick, N. I. & Baehr, B., 2006, A Revision Of The Australasian Ground Spiders Of The Family Prodidomidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2006 (298), pp. 1-287 : 234-235

KEY TO SPECIES OF CRYPTOERITHUS

1. Males (those of C. griffith , C. annaburroo , C. ninan unknown).......... 2

– Females.................... 17

2. Palpal femur with ventral process... 3

– Palpal femur without ventral process... 4

3. Retrolateral tibial apophysis with trifid tip and dorsobasal apophysis (fig. 602)......... C. halli

– Retrolateral tibial apophysis with slightly bifid tip, without dorsobasal apophysis (fig. 592)............ C. nyetaut

4. Terminal apophysis absent (fig. 559)...................... C. nichtaut

– Terminal apophysis present (fig. 611) ................................ 5

5. Legs I, II with scopula........... 6

– Legs without scopula........... 10

6. Tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi I, II with scopula............... C. harveyi

– Only metatarsi and tarsi I, II with scopula...................... 7

7. Tibia with additional basal apophysis (fig. 570)..................... 8

– Tibia without basal apophysis (fig. 627) ......................... 9

8. Retrolateral tibial apophysis long, with deep dorsal concavity (fig. 570).......................... C. quamby

– Retrolateral tibial apophysis short, without concavity (fig. 617)..... C. nopaut

9. Embolus s-shaped, base prolaterally situated (fig. 626)........ C. halifax

– Embolus long, semicircular, base basally situated (fig. 586)......... C. stuart

10. Tibia with additional basal apophysis, terminal apophysis with two basal teeth (figs. 591, 592)........... C. nonaut

– Tibia without basal apophysis, terminal apophysis without basal teeth (fig. 581, 582)....................... 11

11. Embolus short, about one-fourth of bulb length, terminal apophysis bipartite (fig. 581).................... 12

– Embolus long, semicircular, almost as long as bulb, terminal apophysis conical (fig. 574).................... 13

12. Conductor broadly spatulate, reaching from terminal apophysis to median apophysis (fig. 581)...... C. shadabi

– Conductor narrow spatulate, just behind embolus and terminal apophysis (fig. 606)................. C. quobba

13. Conductor originating distally (fig. 574).................... C. lawlessi

– Conductor originating prolaterally (fig. 635)....................... 14

14. Terminal apophysis long, about half of embolus length (fig. 635)... C. melindae

– Terminal apophysis much shorter, no more than one-fourth of embolus length (fig. 554).................... 15

15. Embolus as long as entire cymbium, originating basally (fig. 554)............................ C. occultus

– Embolus shorter than cymbium, originating prolaterally (fig. 621)...... 16

16. Retrolateral tibial apophysis short, bilobate (fig. 622)........... C. rough

– Retrolateral tibial apophysis triangular (fig. 565)........... C. hasenpuschi

17. Legs without scopula........... 18

– Legs I, II with scopula.......... 25

18. Lateral epigynal plates forming y-shaped atrium (fig. 583)......... C. shadabi

– Atrium not y-shaped (fig. 556).... 19

19. Lateral epigynal plates rectangular (fig. 556).................... 20

– Lateral epigynal plates medially direct- ed, inverted u-shaped (fig. 608).... 23

20. Lateral epigynal plates contiguous, epigynal hood narrow (fig. 556)...... 21

– Lateral epigynal plates separated, epigynal hood much wider (fig. 623)...... .......................... 22

21. Anterior margin of atrium with small semicircular incision (fig. 556)........................... C. occultus

– Anterior margin of atrium straight (fig. 566)........... C. hasenpuschi

22. Anterior margin of atrium widely arched (fig. 623)............... C. rough

– Anterior margin of atrium inverted vshaped (fig. 618)......... C. nopaut

23. Anterior epigynal margin wide, nearly reaching lateral plates (fig. 608).......................... C. quobba

– Anterior epigynal margin with narrow epigynal hood, not reaching lateral plates (fig. 637)............... 24

24. Lateral epigynal plates short, not covering spermathecae (fig. 637)............................ C. melindae

– Lateral epigynal plates wide, covering almost all of spermathecae (fig. 576)...................... C. lawlessi

25. Tibia, metatarsi, and tarsi I, II with long, dense scopula................ 26

– Scopula hairs shorter........... 27

26. Atrium slit-like, without lateral plates but with posterior ledge (fig. 571)........................ C. quamby

– Atrium not slit-like, with contiguous, rectangular lateral plates (fig. 561)........................ C. nichtaut

27. Distal portion of tibia as well as metatarsi and tarsi I, II with scopula.. .......................... 28

– Only metatarsi and tarsi I, II with scopula..................... 33

28. Atrium wide, rectangular, with large triangular posterior projections (fig. 632).......... C. annaburroo

– Atrium more slit-like, or with narrow anterior margin (fig. 630)........ 29

29. Posterior margin of atrium with elevated median septum (fig. 630)........ 30

– Posterior margin of atrium without elevated median septum (fig. 598).. 31

30. Atrium with large, inverted u-shaped lateral plates (fig. 630)...... C. ninan

– Atrium with small, rectangular lateral plates (fig. 588).......... C. stuart

31. Anterior epigynal margin with two small, lateral, hood-shaped openings (fig. 598)............... C. nonaut

– Anterior epigynal margin with narrow, inverted v-shaped epigynal hood (fig. 613).................... 32

32. Lateral epigynal plates small, with median pointed margin (fig. 613)........................... C. harveyi

– Lateral epigynal plates absent, but large rounded posterior projections present (fig. 578).............. C. griffith

33. Atrium widely hexagonal (fig. 628)....................... C. halifax

– Atrium otherwise (fig. 593)....... 34

34. Anterior margin with two lateral, hoodshaped openings (fig. 593).. C. nyetaut

– Anterior margin with median, angular epigynal hood (fig. 603)..... C. halli