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Psilochorus
Psilochorus is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae.
Laetesia
Laetesia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1908.
Cheiramiona
Cheiramiona is a genus of sac spiders in the family Cheiracanthiidae. The genus was described by Lotz & Dippenaar-Schoeman in 1999. It is an African genus with 50 known species, of which 35 have been recorded from South Africa.
Mioxena
Mioxena is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926. ==Species== it contains three species: Mioxena blanda (Simon, 1884) (type) – Europe Mioxena celisi Holm, 1968 – Congo, Kenya Mioxena longispinosa Miller, 1970 – Angola
Antrohyphantes
Antrohyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by M. Dumitrescu in 1971. it contains only three species: A. balcanicus, A. rhodopensis, and A. sophianus.
Wadicosa
Wadicosa is a genus of wolf spiders, with 19 described species found from the Canary Islands to Indonesia.
Oia
genus of arachnids
Mecynidis
Mecynidis is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.
Anibontes
Anibontes is a genus of dwarf spiders native to North America, that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1924. , the genus comprises only two species, both found in the United States: A. longipes and A. mimus.
Masoncus
Masoncus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1949.
Microneta
Microneta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1869.
Minyriolus
Minyriolus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
Venonia
Venonia is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1894 by Thorell. , it contains 16 species.
Jalapyphantes
Jalapyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker & L. I. Davis in 1946.
Trichopterna
Trichopterna is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by C. Chyzer & Władysław Kulczyński in 1894.
Testudinaria
Testudinaria is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1879.
Parameioneta
Parameioneta is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1982.
Oreonetides
Oreonetides is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1901.
Ischnothyreus
Ischnothyreus is a genus of oonopid spiders generally between 1.25 (smallest male) and 2.25 mm (largest female) long. They have six eyes; in at least the species I. peltifer and I. omus, the males have a curious knob or hook at the base of the fang. thumb|Eye pattern of Ischnothyreus browni|I. browni thumb|Hooks on fangs of Ischnothyreus peltifer|I. peltifer
Walckenaerianus
Walckenaerianus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1995.
Hybauchenidium
Hybauchenidium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1973.
Vulsor
Vulsor is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Viridasiidae, first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the wandering spiders, it was moved to the Viridasiidae in 2015.
Platythomisus
Platythomisus is a genus of flattened crab spiders (family Thomisidae) from Africa and Southern Asia.
Microctenonyx
Microctenonyx is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.
Drymusa
Drymusa is a genus of false violin spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892. They physically resemble violin spiders (Loxosceles), but their bites are not believed to be medically significant. Originally placed with the spitting spiders, it was moved to the Loxoscelidae (now a synonym for Sicariidae) in 1981, then to the Drymusidae in 1986.
Notioscopus
Notioscopus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
Carpathonesticus
Carpathonesticus is a genus of spiders in the family Nesticidae. It was first described in 1980 by Lehtinen & Saaristo. , it contains 21 species.
Uahuka
Uahuka is a genus of South Pacific sheet weavers endemic to the Marquesas Islands that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1935. It was transferred to the family Symphytognathidae in 1972, but the transfer was rejected in 1980.
Oreocyba
Oreocyba is a genus of East African dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.
Lophomma
Lophomma is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868. it contains only three species, found in Canada, Russia, and the United States: L. depressum, L. punctatum, and L. vaccinii.
Miagrammopes
Miagrammopes is a genus of cribellate orb weavers first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1870. These spiders have a unique shape and only four of their original eight eyes. They spin a single line of web, actively watching and jerking the line to catch their prey.
Locketina
Locketina is a genus of Southeast Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by A. O. Kocak & M. Kemal in 2006. it contains only three species, found in Indonesia and Malaysia: L. fissivulva, L. pusilla, and L. versa.
Tibioploides
Tibioploides is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov & Y. M. Marusik in 1991.
Mecopisthes
Mecopisthes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926.
Lasiargus
Lasiargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by C. Chyzer & Władysław Kulczyński in 1894.
Tybaertiella
Tybaertiella is an African genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Rudy Jocqué in 1979.
Novalaetesia
Novalaetesia is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.
Sphecozone
Sphecozone is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871.
Mermessus
Mermessus is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae. It was first described in 1899 by O. Pickard-Cambridge. , it contains 81 species.
Perlongipalpus
Perlongipalpus is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by K. Y. Eskov & Y. M. Marusik in 1991.
Penestomus
Penestomus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Penestomidae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.
Altella
Altella is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.
Laminacauda
Laminacauda is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1985.
Paraplectanoides
Paraplectanoides is a genus of Australian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886. it contains only two species.
Prinerigone
Prinerigone is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.
Claviphantes
Claviphantes is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch & Michael I. Saaristo in 2006. it contains only two species, both found in Nepal: C. bifurcatoides and C. bifurcatus.
Thaiphantes
Thaiphantes is a genus of Southeast Asian sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1995. it contains only two species, both found in Thailand: T. milneri and T. similis.
Anepsion
Anepsion is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Embrik Strand in 1929.
Synema
genus of arachnids
Moebelia
Moebelia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.
Molinaranea
Molinaranea is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940. thumb ==Species== it contains seven species: Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina Molinaranea fernandez Levi, 2001 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) – Chile, Argentina, Juan Fernandez Is., Falkland Is. Molinaranea mammifera (Tullgren, 1902) – Chile Molinaranea phaethontis (Simon, 1896) – Chile, Argentina Molinaranea surculorum (Simon, 1896) – Chile Molinaranea vildav Levi, 2001 – Chile
Ostearius
Ostearius is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.
Tchatkalophantes
Tchatkalophantes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2001.
Anguliphantes
Anguliphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996.
Sauron
spider genus
Diguetia
Diguetia is a genus of coneweb spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Members of this genus are six-eyed spiders that are either white or patterned. They are common in the southwestern United States and Mexico, and one species is found in Argentina. In the United States, species have been found in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas. These spiders build a tubular retreat at the tip of their tent-like webs. Once an insect is caught in the web, the spider bites it and injects venom to stop its prey from moving, later wrapping it in silk. Both males and females u
Coelossia
Coelossia is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. it contains only two species.
Kenocymbium
Kenocymbium is a genus of Southeast Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge & A. Russell-Smith in 1992. it contains only two species, both found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand: K. deelemanae and K. simile.
Spilasma
Spilasma is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. it contains only three species.
Wiehlenarius
Wiehlenarius is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1990.