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Devade
Devade is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1884. Originally placed with the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1983, then to the Dictynidae in 1989. It was included in the re-erected family Argyronetidae in 2025.
Spiroctenus
Spiroctenus is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders in the family Bemmeridae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, and to the Bemmeridae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Bemmeris, Bessia, and Ctenonemus.
Minotauria
Minotauria is a genus of Balkan woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1903. it contains only two species: M. attemsi and M. fagei. In 1847, it was argued to be a synonym of Stalita.
Zaitunia
Zaitunia is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Taranucnus
Taranucnus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
Pakeha
genus of arachnids
Wendilgarda
Wendilgarda is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.
Zearchaea
Zearchaea is a genus of spiders in the Mecysmaucheniidae family. It was first described in 1946 by Wilton. , it contains 2 species from New Zealand.
Paramamoea
Paramamoea is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders, first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.
Desognaphosa
Desognaphosa is a genus of spiders in the family Trachycosmidae. It was first described in 2002 by Platnick. , it contains 26 species, most found in Queensland. D. solomani is found in the Solomon Islands; D. yabbra is found in Queensland and New South Wales.
Cryptodrassus
Cryptodrassus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by F. Miller in 1943.
Trachelas
Trachelas is a genus of araneomorph spiders which has variously been placed in families Trachelidae or Corinnidae. Current taxonomy places it in Trachelidae.
Paradictyna
Paradictyna is a genus of South Pacific cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970. it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: P. ilamia and P. rufoflava.
Phryganoporus
Phryganoporus is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1908. Its five species only occur in Australia and Tasmania, with one species also occurring on Norfolk Island, south of New Caledonia. The name is derived from Greek phryganon ("dry stick") and poros ("hole"), referring to the web that is often built on dry shrubs or low vegetation with a hole as an entrance.
Maro
genus of spiders
Andoharano
Andoharano is a genus of African crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Ouette
genus of arachnids
Australomimetus
Australomimetus is a genus of spiders in the family Mimetidae. It was first described in 1986 by Heimer. , it contains 31 species.
Cyatholipus
Cyatholipus is a genus of spiders in the family Cyatholipidae. All species are endemic to South Africa.
Oreo
genus of arachnids
Aysenia
Aysenia is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1902.
Tortolena
Tortolena is a genus of North American and Central American funnel weavers first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1941. it contains only two species.
Tomopisthes
Tomopisthes is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.
Viridictyna
Viridictyna is a genus of South Pacific cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.
Tallusia
Tallusia is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen & Michael I. Saaristo in 1972.
Zelotibia
Zelotibia is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by A. Russell-Smith & J. A. Murphy in 2005.
Spermophorides
Spermophorides is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992.
Zangherella
Zangherella is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1949. it contains only three species.
Fecenia
Fecenia is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Psechridae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.
Kambiwa
Kambiwa is a genus of Brazilian cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000. it contains only two species, found only in Brazil: K. anomala and K. neotropica.
Progradungula
Progradungula is a genus of Australian large-clawed spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster and Michael R. Gray in 1979.
Dysderella
Dysderella is a genus of Asian woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by P. M. Dunin in 1992. it contains only two species: D. caspica and D. transcaspica.
Aorangia
Aorangia is a genus of sheetweb spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.
Pritha
Pritha is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Centrocalia
Centrocalia is a genus of South Pacific white tailed spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2000. it contains only three species, all found in New Caledonia: C. chazeaui, C. lifoui, and C. ningua.
Octonoba
Octonoba is a genus of Asian cribellate orb weavers first described in 1979 by Brent Opell. Members of this genus and those of Purumitra both have a large concave median apophysis and a conspicuous hematodocha. However, these spiders are generally much larger, with a carapace greater than 1.4 millimeters long, where those of Purumitra are usually less than 1 millimeter long.
Micropholcomma
Micropholcomma is a genus of spiders in the family Anapidae. It was first described in 1927 by Crosby & Bishop. , it contains 8 Australian species.
Misionella
Misionella is a genus of South American crevice weavers that was first described by M. J. Ramírez & C. J. Grismado in 1997. In 2005 a spider fossil found in 15- to 20-million-year-old Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic was described as Misionella didicostae. A second specimen was discussed soon thereafter.
Phymatoctenus
Phymatoctenus is a genus of South American and Caribbean wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. it contains only three species in Brazil, Cuba, and Costa Rica: P. comosus, P. sassii, and P. tristani.
Diphya
Diphya is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers first described by H. Nicolet in 1849.
Mesostalita
Mesostalita is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold in 1971. it contains only three species: M. comottii, M. kratochvili, and M. nocturna.
Caledanapis
Caledanapis is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Norman I. Platnick & Raymond Robert Forster in 1989.
Tharpyna
Tharpyna is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1874 by L. Koch. , it contains 12 species from Australia, India, and Indonesia.
Iviraiva
Iviraiva is a genus of South American tree trunk spiders that was first described by C. A. Rheims & Antônio Brescovit in 2004. it contains only two species: I. argentina and I. pachyura.
Paccius
Paccius is a genus of African araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1898 as a member of Corinnidae, and moved to Trachelidae in 2014.
Habronestes
Habronestes is a genus of ant spiders, known for their combination of myrmecomorphy and myrmecophagy. It contains 50 species, all found only in Australia. It was first described by Ludwig Koch in 1872, and has since been revised by Barbara Baehr in 2003.
Viracucha
Viracucha is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Mustelicosa
Mustelicosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1960 by Roewer. , it contains 2 species.
Cyrioctea
Cyrioctea is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae, first described in 1889 by Eugène Simon. It contains fourteen species, found in Africa, South America, and Australia.
Tasmanoonops
Tasmanoonops is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by V. V. Hickman in 1930.
Pahoroides
Pahoroides is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.
Xeropigo
Xeropigo is a genus of South American and Caribbean corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882.
Tuticanus
Tuticanus is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. it contains only two species: T. cruciatus and T. major.
Platorish
Platorish is a genus of spiders in the family Trachycosmidae. It was first described in 2002 by Platnick. , it contains 5 Australian species.
Orsolobus
Orsolobus is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.
Synotaxus
Synotaxus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Synotaxidae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Originally placed with the tangle web spiders, it was moved to the family Synotaxidae in 2017.
Neostorena
Neostorena is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1914 by William Joseph Rainbow. , it contains 7 species from Australia.
Paranapis
Paranapis is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Norman I. Platnick & Raymond Robert Forster in 1989. it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand.
Risdonius
Risdonius is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by V. V. Hickman in 1939. it contains only three species.
Serendib
spider genus