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Paraletes
Paraletes is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.
Linyphantes
Linyphantes is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1942.
Poecilopachys
Poecilopachys is a genus of Australasian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.
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.
Crispiphantes
Crispiphantes is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 1992. it contains only two species: C. biseulsanensis and C. rhomboideus.
Novalaetesia
Novalaetesia is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1988.
Ketambea
Ketambea is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge & A. Russell-Smith in 1992.
Pararaneus
Pararaneus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1940.
Microplanus
Microplanus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.
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.
Walckenaerianus
Walckenaerianus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1995.
Tuapoka
Tuapoka is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973. it contains only two species, all found in New Zealand.
Nephilengys
Nephilengys is a genus of tropical spiders of the family Nephilidae, consisting of two currently described species. (The genus was formerly placed in the Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.) The genus Nephilingis has been split off from this genus. Both genera have been called hermit spiders from the habit staying in their retreats during the day; the name eunuch spiders has been used for Nephilengys alone. Males may sever parts of their palpal bulbs after copulation.
Moebelia
Moebelia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.
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Eriauchenus
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Eriauchenus is a genus of East African assassin spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1881. The genus name has been incorrectly spelt "Eriauchenius".
Horcotes
Horcotes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by C. R. Crosby & S. C. Bishop in 1933. it contains only three species, found in Canada, Russia, and the United States: H. quadricristatus, H. strandi, and H. uncinatus.
Nenilinium
Nenilinium is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1988.

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.

Ursa
genus of arachnids

Mallinella
Mallinella is a genus of spider in the family Zodariidae.
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.
Parameioneta
Parameioneta is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1982.
Moyosi
Moyosi is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller in 2007.
Zora
genus of arachnids
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.
Laetesia
Laetesia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1908.
Pozonia
Pozonia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by E. Schenkel in 1953.
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
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.
Hypomma
Hypomma is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by David B. Hirst in 1886.
Hingstepeira
Hingstepeira is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1995.
Platythomisus
Platythomisus is a genus of flattened crab spiders (family Thomisidae) from Africa and Southern Asia.
Venonia
Venonia is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1894 by Thorell. , it contains 16 species.
Oreonetides
Oreonetides is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1901.

Canariphantes
thumb | right | Canariphantes zonatus
Canariphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992. It might be a junior synonym of Lepthyphantes.
Titanoeca
Titanoeca is a genus of spiders in the family Titanoecidae.
Hubertella
Hubertella is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989. it contains only three species, found in Nepal: H. montana, H. orientalis, and H. thankurensis.
Minyriolus
Minyriolus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
Microctenonyx
Microctenonyx is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.
Parawixia
Parawixia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904. Most species are found in the Neotropics, but one species, Parawixia dehaani, is found in Australasia and tropical Asia as far west as India.
Flagelliphantes
Flagelliphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996. It was originally erected to contain three species, all found in Russia: F. bergstromi, F. flagellifer, and F. sterneri. In 2023, F. yunxia from Jilin province, China was assigned to this genus.
Testudinaria
Testudinaria is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1879.
Indophantes
Indophantes is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 2003.

Ebelingia
Ebelingia is a genus of Asian crab spiders consisting of two species separated from Mecaphesa due to their distinct abdominal pattern and the unique color pattern of their body and legs. it contains three species found throughout Asia: E. forcipata, E. hubeiensis and E. kumadai.
Anguliphantes
Anguliphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996.
Laminacauda
Laminacauda is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1985.

Theridula
Theridula is a genus of cobweb spiders, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length.
thumb|Theridula angula moving from one tree to another carrying the egg sac
In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a posterior median horn. The pedipalp in males is simple, lacking a conductor or theridioid tegular apophysis.

Altella
Altella is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.
Scotargus
Scotargus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.

Agyneta
Agyneta is a genus of dwarf spiders (family Linyphiidae) that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1911.
Janetschekia
Janetschekia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by E. Schenkel in 1939. it contains only two species, both found in Albania, Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland: J. monodon and J. necessaria.

Proevippa
Proevippa is a genus of mostly southern African spiders in the family Lycosidae with eleven recognized species. It was first described in 1903 by William Frederick Purcell.
Microneta
Microneta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1869.
Perlongipalpus
Perlongipalpus is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by K. Y. Eskov & Y. M. Marusik in 1991.
Hybauchenidium
Hybauchenidium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1973.

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.
Masoncus
Masoncus is a genus of North American dwarf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1949.

Psilochorus
Psilochorus is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae.