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Cosmopolitan Cryptachaea

Cryptachaea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886)

Status not recordedspiders

The cosmopolitan cryptachaea (Cryptachaea veruculata) is a species in the family Theridiidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Australia, Japan and New Zealand.

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Quick facts about the cosmopolitan cryptachaea

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the cosmopolitan cryptachaea live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The cosmopolitan cryptachaea is listed for 3 countries.

New ZealandAustraliaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Japan
  3. New Zealand

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cosmopolitan cryptachaea as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cosmopolitan cryptachaea endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cosmopolitan cryptachaea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyTheridiidae
  6. genusCryptachaea
  7. SpeciesCryptachaea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886)

Synonyms Achaearanea extrilida, Achaearanea veruculata, Cryptachaea calycifera, Cryptachaea extrilida, Cryptachaea nigrofolium, Theridion calyciferum, Theridion extrilidum, Theridion nigrofolium, Theridion veruculata

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Diamond comb-footed spiderEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cosmopolitan cryptachaea

Other species in the same genus Cryptachaea.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the cosmopolitan cryptachaea live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the cosmopolitan cryptachaea for 3 countries: Australia, Japan and New Zealand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the cosmopolitan cryptachaea an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cosmopolitan cryptachaea as introduced in 2 countries: Belgium and United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cosmopolitan cryptachaea?

The cosmopolitan cryptachaea (Cryptachaea veruculata) belongs to the family Theridiidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cosmopolitan Cryptachaea (Cryptachaea veruculata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cosmopolitan-cryptachaea

MLA

“Cosmopolitan Cryptachaea (Cryptachaea veruculata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cosmopolitan-cryptachaea.

BibTeX
@misc{cosmopolitan_cryptachaea_2026,
  title = {Cosmopolitan Cryptachaea (Cryptachaea veruculata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cosmopolitan-cryptachaea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}