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Araneomorphae genera

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Hypomma
Hypomma is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by David B. Hirst in 1886.
Machadocara
Machadocara is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by F. Miller in 1970. it contains only two species, both found in Middle Africa and Zambia: M. dubia and M. gongylioides.
Tomohyphantes
Tomohyphantes is a genus of Indonesian sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1995.
Tuberculosa
Tuberculosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 2006 by Framenau & Yoo. , it contains 4 Australian species.
Prasonicella
Prasonicella is a genus of East African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1971. it contains only two species.
Xerophaeus
Xerophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.
Pelecopsis
Pelecopsis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864.
Troxochrota
Troxochrota is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by C. Chyzer & Władysław Kulczyński in 1894.
Plectembolus
Plectembolus is a genus of Southeast Asian sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge & A. Russell-Smith in 1992.
Xantharia
Xantharia is a genus of spiders in the family Miturgidae. It was first described in 2001 by Deeleman-Reinhold. , it contains 3 Asian species.
Tamopsis
Tamopsis is a genus of tree trunk spiders that was first described by B. Baehr & M. Baehr in 1987. Like other members of the family, they may be called two-tailed spiders, referring to two elongated spinnerets. The name is derived from the genus Tama and the Ancient Greek (-opsis), meaning "resembling".
Zelominor
Zelominor is a genus of ground spiders first described by R. Snazell & J. Murphy in 1997. it contains only three species: Z. algarvensis, Z. algericus, and Z. malagensis.
Notiohyphantes
Notiohyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1985.
Tatepeira
Tatepeira is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1995.
Emblyna
Emblyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.
Patu
genus of arachnids
Improphantes
Improphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996.
Pronous
Pronous is a genus of South American and African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.
Stiphropus
Stiphropus is a genus of crab spiders in the family Thomisidae, with about twenty species from Africa and Asia.
Nippononeta
Nippononeta is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1992.
Theridiosoma
Theridiosoma is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1879. They use their web as a high speed slingshot to actively hunt for prey.
Verrucosa
Verrucosa is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Henry McCook in 1888. It contains almost fifty described species, most of which live in South America. The only species in the United States is the arrowhead spider.
Paralarinia
Paralarinia is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970.
Liocranum
Liocranum is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1866.
Theotima
Theotima is a genus of small spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae.
Pasilobus
Pasilobus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.
Symphytognatha
Symphytognatha is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by V. V. Hickman in 1931.
Holarchaea
Holarchaea is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955. it contains only two species, H. globosa and H. novaeseelandiae, but there may still be undescribed species in New Zealand.
Phaeocedus
Phaeocedus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.
Lidia
genus of arachnids
Porotaka
Porotaka is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973. it contains only two species, both endemic to New Zealand.
Macrargus
Macrargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.
Kaiya
Kaiya is a genus of Australian large-clawed spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster, Norman I. Platnick & Michael R. Gray in 1987.
Iviella
Iviella is a genus of North American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Histopona
Histopona is a genus of funnel weavers first described as a sub-genus of Hadites by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870. It was elevated to genus by Brignoli in 1972.
Anaxibia
genus of arachnids
Mastigusa
Mastigusa is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1854.
Parafroneta
Parafroneta is a genus of South Pacific dwarf spiders that was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979.
Odo
genus of araneomorph spiders
Helophora
Helophora is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1866.
Obscuriphantes
Obscuriphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 2000.
Sylligma
Sylligma is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae with seven African species. It was first described in 1895 by Simon.
Tricalamus
Tricalamus is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by J. F. Wang in 1987.
Smeringopus
Smeringopus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.
Limoneta
Limoneta is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Bosmans & R. Jocqué in 1983. Its two described species are found in Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.
Stemmops
Stemmops is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1894.
Mughiphantes
Mughiphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1999.
Dictynomorpha
Dictynomorpha is a genus of Asian cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by S. A. Spassky in 1939. it contains only two species: D. daemonis and D. strandi.
Simorcus
Simorcus is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1895 by Eugène Simon. All except one of the thirteen species are found in Africa.
Thaida
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Thorellina
Thorellina is a genus of southeast Asian orb-weaver spiders first described by C. Berg in 1899. it contains only two species from Myanmar and Papua New Guinea.
Helsdingenia
Helsdingenia is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 2003. The name is a reference to Dr. P. J van Helsdingen.
Oonops
Oonops is a genus of spiders mostly found in America, Europe to Russia and East and North Africa.
Praestigia
Praestigia is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1954.
Uroctea
Uroctea is a genus of spiders that is found in Eurasia and Africa. It is sometimes put into its own family, Urocteidae. Their tent-like web is very similar to the ones Oecobius builds; but Uroctea species do not have a cribellum.
Lewisepeira
Lewisepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1993.
Laminafroneta
Laminafroneta is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by P. Merrett in 2004. it contains only three species, found in Cameroon, Middle Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania: L. bidentata, L. brevistyla, and L. locketi.
Labulla
Labulla is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. it contains only three species, found in France, Portugal, and Spain: L. flahaulti, L. machadoi, and L. thoracica.
Demadiana
Demadiana is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Arkyidae, first described by Embrik Strand in 1929.
Stegodyphus
Stegodyphus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1873. They are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with one species (S. manaus) found in Brazil. The name is derived from Ancient Greek (stegos), meaning "covered".