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page 4Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Kulalania
Kulalania is a monotypic genus of Kenyan araneomorph spiders in the family Phyxelididae containing the single species, Kulalania antiqua. It was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1990, and is only found in Kenya.
Magnopholcomma
Magnopholcomma is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Magnopholcomma globulus. It was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008, and is found in Queensland.
Syrorisa
Syrorisa is a monotypic genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders containing the single species, Syrorisa misella. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1908, and has only been found on New Caledonia and Australia. Originally placed in the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the Desidae in 1967.
Auloniella
Auloniella is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1960 by Roewer. , it contains only one species, Auloniella maculisterna, found in Tanzania.
Moreiraxena
Moreiraxena is a monotypic genus of Central African dwarf spiders containing a single species, Moreiraxena chicapensis. It was first described by F. Miller in 1970, and has only been found in Angola.
Sedasta
Sedasta is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Sedasta ferox. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1894, and has only been found in West Africa. It was originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, and though was moved to the orb-weavers in 1985, it is still sometimes considered to be a theridiid or a long-jawed orb weaver.
Russocampus
Russocampus is a monotypic genus of Asian sheet weavers containing the single species, Russocampus polchaninovae. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2004, and has only been found in Russia.
Anopsolobus
Anopsolobus is a monotypic genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae containing the single species, Anopsolobus subterraneus. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985, and is only known from Nelson in New Zealand.
Trichopternoides
Trichopternoides is a monotypic genus of European sheet weavers containing the single species, Trichopternoides thorelli. It was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008, and is only found in Europe.
Pasiasula
Pasiasula is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1942 by Roewer. , it contains only one species, Pasiasula eidmanni, found on Bioko.
Forstrarchaea
Forstrarchaea is a monotypic genus of shield spiders from New Zealand containing the single species, Forstrarchaea rubra.
Saccodomus
Saccodomus is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1900 by Rainbow. , it contains only one species, Saccodomus formivorus, found in New South Wales.
Incasoctenus
Incasoctenus is a monotypic genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Xenoctenidae, containing the single species, Incasoctenus perplexus. It was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1942, and has only been found in Peru and only the female is known. Originally placed with the wandering spiders, it was moved to the Xenoctenidae in 2017.
Questo
Questo is a monotypic genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Trachycosmidae containing the single species, Questo annuello, named after where it was found, Annuello, Victoria. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002, and has only been found in Australia.
Mashimo
Mashimo leleupi is a species of spider in the family Dictynidae. It is commonly known as the Mashimo mesh-web spider and is the only species in the monotypic genus Mashimo.
Megaraneus
Megaraneus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Megaraneus gabonensis. It was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968, to contain the single species originally published under the name Epeira gabonensis. It is found across several African countries and is commonly known as the Gabon Megaraneus orb-web spider.
Nusoncus
Nusoncus is a monotypic genus of dwarf spiders containing the single species, Nusoncus nasutus. The genus was described by J. Wunderlich in 2008. It is considered new to the fauna of Latvia since 2009.
Kidugua
Kidugua is a genus of Central African funnel weavers containing the single species, Kidugua spiralis. It was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967, and has only been found in Africa.
Poecilafroneta
Poecilafroneta is a monotypic genus of Polynesian sheet weavers containing the single species, Poecilafroneta caudata. It was first described by A. D. Blest in 1979, and has only been found in New Zealand.
Liparochrysis
Liparochrysis is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. It was first described in 1909 by Simon. , it contains only one species, Liparochrysis resplendens, found in western Australia.

Ciniflella
Ciniflella is a genus of South American false wolf spiders containing the single species, Ciniflella lutea. It was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1921, and has only been found in Brazil.
Vagiphantes
Vagiphantes is a monotypic genus of Asian sheet weavers containing the single species, Vagiphantes vaginatus. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 2004, and is only found in Asia.

Tibetia
Tibetia is a monotypic genus of cellar spiders containing the single species, Tibetia everesti. It was first described by F. Zhang, M. S. Zhu and D. X. Song in 2006, and is only found in Tibet.
Pseudowubana
Pseudowubana is a monotypic genus of Asian sheet weavers containing the single species, Pseudowubana wagae. It was first described by K. Y. Eskov & Y. M. Marusik in 1992, and has only been found in Mongolia and Russia.
Karita
Karita is a monotypic genus of dwarf spiders containing the single species, Karita paludosa. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2007, and has only been found in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Russia, and United Kingdom.
Iraponia
Iraponia is a monotypic genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, containing the single species, Iraponia scutata. It was first described by Y. Kranz-Baltensperger, Norman I. Platnick & N. Dupérré in 2009, and has only been found in Iran.
Cicirra
Cicirra is a monotypic genus of Australian intertidal spiders containing the single species, Cicirra decemmaculata. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1886, and has only been found in Australia. Originally placed with the funnel-weavers, it was moved to the Matachiinae (subfamily of the Amaurobiidae) in 1967. They are closely related to Forsterina.
Oreophantes
Oreophantes is a monotypic genus of North American dwarf spiders containing the single species, Oreophantes recurvatus. It was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1984, and has only been found in the United States and Canada.
Sitalcas
Sitalcas is a monotypic genus of North American sheet weavers containing the single species, Sitalcas ruralis. It was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1938, and has only been found in the United States.
Acrobleps
Acrobleps is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, containing the single species, Acrobleps hygrophilus. It was first described by V. V. Hickman in 1979, and has only been found in Australia.
Hesperocosa
Hesperocosa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1937 by Gertsch & Wallace. , it contains only one species, Hesperocosa unica, found in the United States.
Namandia
Namandia is a monotypic genus of Australian intertidal spiders containing the single species, Namandia periscelis. It was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967, and has only been found in Australia.
Spiralophantes
Spiralophantes is a monotypic genus of Asian sheet weavers containing the single species, Spiralophantes mirabilis. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch & Michael I. Saaristo in 2006, and has only been found in Nepal.

Arabelia
Arabelia is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. It was first described in 2009 by Bosselaers. , it contains only one species, Arabelia pheidoleicomes, found in Greece and Turkey.
Trabeops
Trabeops is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1959 by Roewer. , it contains only one species, Trabeops aurantiacus, found in the U.S. and Canada.
Apolania
Apolania is a monotypic genus of East African wandering spiders containing the single species, Apolania segmentata, first described from a male found by Eugène Simon in 1898. No females have been described yet, and it has only been found in Seychelles.
Neotegenaria
Neotegenaria is a genus of South American funnel weavers containing the single species, Neotegenaria agelenoides. It was first described by V. D. Roth in 1967, and has only been found in Guyana.
Uzakia
Uzakia is a monotypic genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae containing the single species, Uzakia unica. and has only been found in New Zealand.
Harmiella
Harmiella is a monotypic genus of South American dwarf sheet spiders containing the single species, Harmiella schiapelliae. It was first described by Paolo Brignoli in 1979, and has only been found in Brazil. The genus is named in honour of German arachnologist Marie Harm.
Pseudoceto
Pseudoceto is a monotypic genus of South American long-legged sac spiders containing the single species, Pseudoceto pickeli. It was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1929, and has only been found in Brazil. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Miturgidae in 2014.
Neoeburnella
Neoeburnella is a monotypic genus of West African dwarf spiders containing the single species, Neoeburnella avocalis. It was first described by A. Ö. Koçak in 1986, and has only been found in Côte d'Ivoire.
Umbonata
Umbonata is a genus of Tanzanian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Umbonata spinosissima. It was first described by M. Grasshoff in 1971 to contain the single species moved from Mangora.

Qiyunia
Qiyunia is a monotypic genus of Asian cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae containing the single species, Qiyunia lehtineni. It was first described by D. X. Song & Y. J. Xu in 1989, and has only been found in China and in Japan.
Nothophantes
Nothophantes, the horrid ground-weaver, is a critically endangered monotypic genus of European dwarf spiders containing the single species, Nothophantes horridus. It was first described by P. Merrett & R. A. Stevens in 1995, and has only been found in an area of Plymouth smaller than . The genus name comes from the Ancient Greek (nothos), meaning "spurious", and hyphantes, meaning "weaver". The species name comes from the Latin horridus, meaning "bristly".
Melaenosia
Melaenosia is a genus of spiders in the family Mimetidae. It was first described in 1906 by Simon. , it contains only one Indian species, Melaenosia pustulifera.
Peeto
Peeto is a monotypic genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Trachycosmidae containing the single species, Peeto rodmani. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002, and has only been found in Australia.

Saltonia
Saltonia is a monotypic genus of North American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae containing the single species, Saltonia incerta. It was first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942, and has only been found in United States. Originally placed with the funnel weavers, it was moved to the Dictynidae in 1967, and to Argyronetidae in 2025.
Argyroneta
REDIRECT Diving bell spider
Sardostalita
Sardostalita is a monotypic genus of European woodlouse hunting spiders containing the single species, Sardostalita patrizii. It was first described by F. Gasparo, who moved the sole species to its own genus when a male was discovered in 1999. It has only been found on Sardinia.
Selenyphantes
Selenyphantes is a genus of sheet weavers. It was first described by Willis J. Gertsch & L. I. Davis in 1946.
Dorjulopirata
Dorjulopirata is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1997 by Buchar. , it contains only one species, Dorjulopirata dorjulanus, found in Bhutan.
Lizarba
Lizarba is a monotypic genus of South American dwarf sheet spiders containing the single species, Lizarba separata. It was first described by V. D. Roth in 1967, and has only been found in Brazil.

Nuisiana
Nuisiana is a monotypic genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders containing the single species, Nuisiana arboris. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973, and has only been found in New Zealand.
Nentwigia
Nentwigia is a monotypic genus of Southeast Asian dwarf spiders containing the single species, Nentwigia diffusa. Nentwigia is a genus of spiders in the family sheetweb weavers. It was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1995, and has only been found in Indonesia and Thailand.
Taypaliito
Taypaliito is a genus of spiders in the family Thomisidae. It was first described in 1995 by Barrion & Litsinger. , it contains only one species, Taypaliito iorebotco, found in the Philippines.
Pseudocyba
Pseudocyba is a monotypic genus of Asian sheet weavers containing the single species, Pseudocyba miracula. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 1984, and has only been found in Kazakhstan and Russia.
Navira
Navira is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 2009 by Piacentini & Grismado. , it contains only one species, Navira naguan, found in Argentina.
Rapua
Rapua is a monotypic genus of intertidal spiders containing the single species, Rapua australis. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Phricotelus
Phricotelus stelliger is a species of spider of the monotypic genus Phricotelus. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Iberoneta
Iberoneta is a monotypic genus of European dwarf spiders containing the single species, Iberoneta nasewoa. It was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold in 1984, and has only been found in Spain.