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Synaphris
Synaphris is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Synaphridae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle web spiders, it was moved to the Symphytognathidae in 1973, and to the Synaphridae in 2003.
Milonia
Milonia is a genus of Southeast Asian orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890.
Mughiphantes
Mughiphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1999.
Saaristoa
Saaristoa is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1978.
Praestigia
Praestigia is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1954.
Incestophantes
Incestophantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 1992.
Pasias
Pasias is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1895 by Simon. , it contains 3 species found in the Philippines and India.
Oryphantes
Oryphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. E. Hull in 1932.
Nippononeta
Nippononeta is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1992.
Parapelecopsis
Parapelecopsis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992. The spider is found in woodlands in leaf litter, pine needles, moss at ground level and lichen and moss on tree trunks.
Ideocaira
Ideocaira is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903. It contains only two species, both found in South Africa.
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".
Xerophaeus
Xerophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.
Trichoncoides
Trichoncoides is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by J. Denis in 1950.
Dubiepeira
Dubiepeira is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1991.
Prasonicella
Prasonicella is a genus of East African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1971. it contains only two species.
Kukulcania
Kukulcania is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. It is named after Kukulkan, a Mesoamerican serpent deity.
Witica
genus of arachnids
Porrhomma
Porrhomma is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
Pronous
Pronous is a genus of South American and African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.
Tatepeira
Tatepeira is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1995.
Napometa
Napometa is a genus of Atlantic dwarf spiders that was first described by P. L. G. Benoit in 1977.
Minosiella
Minosiella is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1921.
Ishania
Ishania is a genus of Central American ant spiders first described in 1925 by Ralph Vary Chamberlin. Originally placed in Agelenidae, it was later moved to Zodariidae in 1965.
Pelecopsis
Pelecopsis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864.
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.
Liocranum
Liocranum is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1866.
Lidia
genus of arachnids
Plesiophantes
Plesiophantes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by S. Heimer in 1981.
Symphytognatha
Symphytognatha is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by V. V. Hickman in 1931.
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.
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.
Nomisia
Nomisia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1921.
Microbathyphantes
Microbathyphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by P. J. van Helsdingen in 1985.
Herbiphantes
Herbiphantes is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 1992. it contains four species, found in China, Japan, Korea and Russia: H. acutalis, H. cericeus, H. longiventris and H. pratensis.
Philoponella
Philoponella is a genus of uloborid spiders. Like all Uloboridae, these species have no venom.
Systaria
Systaria is a genus of spiders in the family Miturgidae. It was first described in 1897 by Simon. , it contains 26 species.
Macrargus
Macrargus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1886.
Stiphropus
Stiphropus is a genus of crab spiders in the family Thomisidae, with about twenty species from Africa and Asia.
Ajmonia
Ajmonia is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1934.
Obscuriphantes
Obscuriphantes is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 2000.
Ulocymus
Ulocymus is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1886 by Simon. , it contains 4 species from Brazil and Argentina.
Venator
genus of arachnids
Gephyroctenus
Gephyroctenus is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1936.
Rualena
Rualena is a genus of North American funnel weavers first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942.
Harpactocrates
Harpactocrates is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1914.
Zimiromus
Zimiromus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Nathan Banks in 1914.
Gallieniella
Gallieniella is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Gallieniellidae, and was first described by J. Millot in 1947. Originally placed with the sac spiders, it was moved to the Gallieniellidae in 1967.
Paratheuma
Paratheuma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by Elizabeth B. Bryant in 1940. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was transferred to the intertidal spiders in 1975, and to the Dictynidae in 2016.
Clitaetra
Clitaetra is a genus of spiders in a family Nephilidae. It occurs in Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka, hinting to a Gondwanan origin. a split between Clitaetra and related genera may be as old as 160 million years.
Phantyna
Phantyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.
Plectophanes
Plectophanes is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1935. The eyes are positioned on an extension of the carapace that projects forward of the chelicerae.
Synalus
Synalus is a genus of Australian crab spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. , it contains only two species from southern New South Wales and Tasmania.
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.
Nigma
Nigma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. They have a wide distribution, including Eurasia, North America, and Northern Africa. N. walckenaeri is one of the biggest members of the Dictynidae, growing up to long. They are translucent green and sometimes have red or black markings on the abdomen.
Viracucha
Viracucha is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Loxoporetes
Loxoporetes is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1911 by Kulczyński. , it contains 2 species from Australia and New Guinea.
Diores
genus of araneomorph spiders
Tarlina
Tarlina is a genus of Australian large-clawed spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster, Norman I. Platnick & Michael R. Gray in 1987.
Spermophorides
Spermophorides is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992.