Araeoncus

Araeoncus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of Diplocephalus; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification of the tibial apophysis of the pedipalp.

==Species== it contains thirty-nine species: Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1884 – France, Italy, Azerbaijan Araeoncus anguineus (L. Koch, 1869) – Europe Araeoncus banias Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia Araeoncus clavatus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Turkey, Armenia Araeoncus clivifrons Deltshev, 1987 – Bulgaria Araeoncus convexus Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia Araeoncus crassiceps (Westring, 1861) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) Araeoncus curvatus Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia Araeoncus cypriacus Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus Araeoncus discedens (Simon, 1881) – Spain, France, Italy Araeoncus dispar Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden Araeoncus duriusculus Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum Araeoncus etinde Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon Araeoncus femineus (Roewer, 1942) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) Araeoncus galeriformis (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan Araeoncus gertschi Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya Araeoncus hanno Simon, 1884 – Algeria Araeoncus humilis (Blackwall, 1841) (type) – Europe, North Africa, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Japan. Introduced to New Zealand Araeoncus hyalinus Song & Li, 2010 – China Araeoncus impolitus Holm, 1962 – Kenya Araeoncus longispineus Song & Li, 2010 – China Araeoncus longiusculus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia, mainland) Araeoncus macrophthalmus Miller, 1970 – Angola Araeoncus malawiensis Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi Araeoncus martinae Bosmans, 1996 – Morocco, Algeria Araeoncus mitriformis Tanasevitch, 2008 – Turkey, Iran Araeoncus obtusus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon Araeoncus picturatus Holm, 1962 – Tanzania Araeoncus rhodes Tanasevitch, 2011 – Greece (Rhodes) Araeoncus sicanus Brignoli, 1979 – Italy (Sicily) Araeoncus subniger Holm, 1962 – Kenya Araeoncus tauricus Gnelitsa, 2004 – Bulgaria, Greece (Crete), Turkey, Ukraine Araeoncus toubkal Bosmans, 1996 – Portugal, Morocco Araeoncus tuberculatus Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden Araeoncus vaporariorum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – France, Italy Araeoncus victorianyanzae Berland, 1936 – Kenya, Tanzania Araeoncus viphyensis Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi Araeoncus vorkutensis Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan