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page 1Monotypic Corinnidae genera
Austrophaea
Austrophaea is a monotypic genus of African corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Austrophaea zebra. It was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1952, and has only been found in South Africa.
Tapixaua
Tapixaua is a monotypic genus of South American corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Tapixaua callida. Both male and female were first described by A. B. Bonaldo in 2000, and has only been found in Brazil and Peru.
Ecitocobius
Ecitocobius is a monotypic genus of South American corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Ecitocobius comissator. It was first described by A. B. Bonaldo & Antônio Brescovit in 1998, and has only been found in Brazil.
Pranburia
Pranburia is a monotypic genus of Southeast Asian ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Pranburia mahannopi. Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold described the first male in 1993, and the first female in 2001. It has only been found in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Malaysia. The species is named after Narong Mahannop, one of the collectors of the holotype, and the genus is named after the Pranburi Province, where the male holotype was collected.
Vendaphaea
Vendaphaea is a monotypic genus of African corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Vendaphaea lajuma. It was first described by Charles R. Haddad in 2009, and has only been found in South Africa. It is commonly known as the Furry-legged dark sac spider.
Arushina
Arushina is a monotypic genus of East African corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Arushina dentichelis. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947, and has only been found in Tanzania. Originally placed with the Dictynidae, it was moved to the Ant spiders in 1967, to the Sac spiders in 1991, then to the Corrinid sac spiders in 2000.
Scorteccia
Scorteccia is a monotypic genus of North African corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Scorteccia termitarum. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1936, and has only been found in Libya.
Humua
Humua is a genus of corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Humua takeuchii. It was first described by H. Ono in 1987, and is only found in Japan's Ryukyu Islands.