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page 1Monotypic Gnaphosidae genera
Allomicythus
Allomicythus is a monotypic genus of Southeast Asian ground spiders containing the single species, Allomicythus kamurai. It was first described by H. Ono in 2009, and has only been found in Vietnam.
Kaitawa
Kaitawa is a monotypic genus of South Pacific ground spiders containing the single species, Kaitawa insulare. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979, who separated Cheiracanthium insulare from Cheiracanthium into this genus, retaining the species name. It has only been found in New Zealand.
Cabanadrassus
Cabanadrassus is a monotypic genus of South American ground spiders containing the single species, Cabanadrassus bifasciatus. It was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1941, and has only been found in Argentina.
Apodrassus
Apodrassus is a monotypic genus of South American ground spiders containing the single species, Apodrassus andinus. It was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1916, and has only been found in Peru.
Canariognapha
Canariognapha is a monotypic genus of European ground spiders containing the single species, Canariognapha parwis. It was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2011, and has only been found in Spain.
Barrowammo
Barrowammo is a genus of North and West Australian termite hunters containing the single species, Barrowammo waldockae. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002, and has only been found in Australia. The name is a portmanteau of Barrow Island and Ammoxenidae.
Asiabadus
Asiabadus is a monotypic genus of Asian ground spiders containing the single species, Asiabadus asiaticus. It was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1961, and has only been found in Central Asia and Afghanistan. It is named after Asiabad, a province in Afghanistan where they were first found, but it has been misspelled as "Asiadab" in generic and species headings.
Epicharitus
Epicharitus is a monotypic genus of ground spiders containing the single species, Epicharitus leucosemus. It was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1916, and has only been found in Australia.
Echemographis
Echemographis is a genus of South American spiders in the family Gnaphosidae, and was first described in 1955 by Caporiacco. , it contains only one species, Echemographis distincta, found in Venezuela. It is possibly a synonym of Camillina.
Cubanopyllus
Cubanopyllus is a monotypic genus of Caribbean ground spiders containing the single species, Cubanopyllus inconspicuus. It was first described by G. Alayón G. & Norman I. Platnick in 1993, and has only been found in Cuba.
Homoeothele
Homoeothele is a monotypic genus of Australian ground spiders containing the single species, Homoeothele micans. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1908, and has only been found in Australia.