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Mustelicosa
Mustelicosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1960 by Roewer. , it contains 2 species.
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.

Tallusia
Tallusia is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen & Michael I. Saaristo in 1972.

Andoharano
Andoharano is a genus of African crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.

Palaestina
genus of arachnids
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.
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.
Aysenia
Aysenia is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1902.
Harpactocrates
Harpactocrates is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1914.
Australomimetus
Australomimetus is a genus of spiders in the family Mimetidae. It was first described in 1986 by Heimer. , it contains 31 species.
Synaemops
Synaemops is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1929 by Mello-Leitão. , it contains 4 species from South America.
Rualena
Rualena is a genus of North American funnel weavers first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942.

Pactactes
Pactactes is an African genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae, with three species. It was first described in 1895 by Simon.
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.

Orchestina
Orchestina is a genus of spider belonging to the family Oonopidae (goblin spiders). They can be found nearly worldwide in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia. Members of this genus are tiny having body lengths of around 1.0 to 3.0 mm. They are also capable of jumping due to their fourth femur being enlarged.

Dusmadiores
Dusmadiores is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1987 by Jocqué. , it contains 6 species.

Tomopisthes
Tomopisthes is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.
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.
Cithaeron
genus of arachnids
Dysderocrates
Dysderocrates is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold & P. R. Deeleman in 1988.
Hygrocrates
Hygrocrates is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold & P. R. Deeleman in 1988.

Venator
genus of arachnids
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.
Tivyna
Tivyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.
Hypodrassodes
Hypodrassodes is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1919.

Zelotibia
Zelotibia is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by A. Russell-Smith & J. A. Murphy in 2005.
Tekella
Tekella is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by A. T. Urquhart in 1894.
Fusciphantes
Fusciphantes is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by R. Oi in 1960.

Oxysoma
Oxysoma is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by H. Nicolet in 1849.
Mexitlia
Mexitlia is a genus of North American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. it contains only three species: M. altima, M. grandis, and M. trivittata.

Trichothyse
Trichothyse is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R.W.E. Tucker in 1923.

Melpomene
genus of arachnids

Ouette
genus of arachnids
Tidarren
Tidarren is a genus of tangle-web spiders first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1934.
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.
Pakeha
genus of arachnids
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.
Oramia
Oramia is a genus of South Pacific funnel weavers first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1964.

Yabisi
Yabisi is a genus of tree trunk spiders that was first described by C. A. Rheims & A. D. Brescovit in 2004. it contains only two species: Y. guaba and Y. habanensis.
Austrarchaea
Austrarchaea is a genus of Australian assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. 25 species were described by Michael Gordon Rix and Mark Stephen Harvey in 2011, 2012, and 2024.
Prionosternum
Prionosternum is a genus of Australian white tailed spiders that was first described by R. A. Dunn in 1951. it contains only three species: P. nitidiceps, P. porongurup, and P. scutatum. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Lamponidae in 2000.
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.
Sernokorba
Sernokorba is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by T. Kamura in 1992. it contains the following species:
Sernokorba fanjing Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
Sernokorba pallidipatellis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
Sernokorba tescorum (Simon, 1914) – Bulgaria, France, Spain.
Gertschosa
Gertschosa is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1981.
Viracucha
Viracucha is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.

Orinocosa
Orinocosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1916 by Chamberlin. , it contains 9 species.

Uthina
genus of arachnids

Toxoniella
Toxoniella is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. It was first described in 2002 by Warui & Jocqué. , it contains five species, all from Kenya.
Thallumetus
Thallumetus is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.
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.
Gasparia
Gasparia is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Brian J. Marples in 1956. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017. Ranging in size between , the genus is endemic to New Zealand, with most members found living in forested areas.

Orepukia
Orepukia is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, known only from New Zealand. First described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973, it was originally placed in Agelenidae, but was transferred to Cycloctenidae in 2017. Their webs are built on the ground between fallen branches, logs, and other debris, and they are commonly found on the South Island, but hardly ever anywhere else. They range in size from and lack a cribellum. Their eight eyes are in two rows, the anterior row straight and the other slightly curved. Their jaws are vertical and the
Lamponega
Lamponega is a genus of Australian white tailed spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2000. it contains only three species: L. arcoona, L. forceps, and L. serpentine.
Prepotelus
Prepotelus is a genus of Mauritian crab spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.

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.

Metaleptyphantes
Metaleptyphantes is an African genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by G. H. Locket in 1968.
Cycloctenus
Cycloctenus is a genus of Australasian araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, first described by L. Koch in 1878. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was transferred to the family Toxopidae because of the distinctive arrangement of its eyes, particularly the enlarged posterolateral eyes. It was moved to the Cycloctenidae in 1967.

Trilacuna
Trilacuna is a genus of goblin spiders native to Southeast Asia, first described by Tong & Li in 2007. They look similar to members of Silhouettella, but males can be distinguished by their large palpal femur, among several other more complicated defining features. The name is a combination of the Latin terms "tri" and "lacuna", referring to the three-branched endites in males and the three-notched labium in females.

Speocera
Speocera is a genus of six eyed spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae.
Australaena
Australaena is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Lucien Berland in 1942. it contains only two species.