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page 18Araneomorphae genera

Forsterina
Forsterina is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.

Loureedia
Loureedia is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller in 2012. , it contained four species: L. annulipes, L. colleni, L. lucasi and L. phoenixi. This genus of velvet spiders that live underground are named after Lou Reed, songwriter, guitarist and singer for the Velvet Underground. In 2020, researchers discovered the fourth species, L. phoenixi, in Iran; it is named after Joaquin Phoenix.
Coryssocnemis
Coryssocnemis is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

Ternatus
Ternatus is a genus of East Asian sheet weavers that was first described by N. Sun, B. Li & L. H. Tu in 2012. it contains only two species, both found in China: T. malleatus and T. siculus.
Maypacius
Maypacius is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.
Runga
Runga is a genus of New Zealand araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.

Brignoliella
Brignoliella is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by W. A. Shear in 1978.

Prodida
Prodida is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1919. it contains only two species, found only on the Seychelles and in the Philippines: P. longiventris and P. stella.
Hestimodema
Hestimodema is a genus of spiders in the family Miturgidae. It was first described in 1909 by Simon. , it contains 2 species from western Australia.
Voraptus
Voraptus is a genus of spiders in the family Pisauridae (formerly in Miturgidae).
Colimarena
Colimarena is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae (ant spiders), found in the state of Colima, Mexico.
Scelidocteus
Scelidocteus is a genus of African palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1907.

Queenvic
Queenvic is a genus of Australian white tailed spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2000.

Turkozelotes
Turkozelotes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by M. M. Kovblyuk in 2009. it contains only three species: T. mccowani, T. microb, and T. mirandus.
Molycria
Molycria is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.
Papiamenta
Papiamenta is a genus of Caribbean cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000. it contains only two species, found only on Curaçao: P. levii and P. savonet.
Sabahya
Sabahya is a genus of Indonesian araneomorph spiders in the family Pacullidae that was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold in 1980. it contains two species, found on Borneo: S. bispinosa and S. kinabaluana. Originally placed with the Tetrablemmidae, it was moved to the Pacullidae after a 2017 genetic study.
Lygromma
Lygromma is a spider genus of Central and South America. There are species with eight, six (e.g. L. senoculatum, L. valencianum) and no eyes. The eyeless L. anops is endemic to the Galapagos, while the distantly related blind L. gertschi is found only on Jamaica.
Siwa
genus of spiders
Weintrauboa
Weintrauboa is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae. Originally described as part of the family Pimoidae, the genus was transferred to Linyphiidae in 2021 based on molecular phylogenetic studies.
Laoponia
Laoponia is a genus of Southeast Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by Norman I. Platnick & Peter Jäger in 2008. it contains only two species.
Ibala
Ibala is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by M. J. FitzPatrick in 2009.
Megateg
Megateg is a genus of spiders in the family Zoropsidae. It was first described in 2005 by Raven & Stumkat. , it contains 8 species, all from Queensland.
Taurongia
Taurongia is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1901. it consists of only two species: T. ambigua and T. punctata. Originally placed with the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1967.
Nomaua
Nomaua is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. Originally placed with the Linyphiidae, it was moved to the Synotaxidae in 1990, and is now considered a senior synonym of Wairua.
Subantarctia
Subantarctia is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955.
Termitoonops
Termitoonops is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 1964 by Benoit. , it contains 5 species, all from Congo.
Vidole
genus of arachnids
Hetaerica
Hetaerica is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1916 by Rainbow. , it contains 2 Australian species.
Paramatachia
Paramatachia is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1918.
Otavaloa
Otavaloa is a genus of South American cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.
Garcorops
Garcorops is a genus of east African wall spiders (family Selenopidae) first described by J. A. Corronca in 2003. , it contains three species found in Madagascar and Comoros: G. jocquei, G. madagascar, and G. paulyi. In addition, one species, †Garcorops jadis Bosselaers, 2004 , is only known from a fossil found discovered in copal on Madagascar.
Losdolobus
Losdolobus is a genus of six-eyed spiders found in Brazil belonging to the family Orsolobidae.
Cydrela
Cydrela is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1873 by Tamerlan Thorell.
Namundra
Namundra is a genus of African long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & T. L. Bird in 2007.
Tanasevitchia
Tanasevitchia is a genus of Asian sheet weavers that was first described by Y. M. Marusik & Michael I. Saaristo in 1999. it contains only two species, both found in Russia: T. strandi and T. uralensis.

Anapistula
Anapistula is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by Willis J. Gertsch in 1941.

Stoliczka
Stoliczka is a genus of Pakistani nursery web spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1885. it contains only two species, found only in Pakistan: S. affinis and S. insignis.
Tropasteron
Tropasteron is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 2003 by Baehr. , it contains 22 species, all found in Queensland.

Charminus
Charminus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1899.
Malarina
Malarina is a genus of Australian sheetweb spiders that was first described by V. T. Davies & C. L. Lambkin in 2000.
Choiroblemma
Choiroblemma is a genus of Indian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by J. D. Bourne in 1980. it contains two species, found in India: C. bengalense and C. rhinoxunum.
Microfilistata
Microfilistata is a genus of Asian crevice weavers that was first described by S. L. Zonstein in 1990. it contains only three species: M. magalhaesi, M. ovchinnikovi, and M. tyshchenkoi.
Smionia
Smionia is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1920.

Singaporemma
Singaporemma is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by W. A. Shear in 1978.
Purumitra
Purumitra is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae. It was first described in 1967 by Lehtinen. , it contains 2 species.

Conifaber
Conifaber is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae. It was first described in 1982 by Opell. , it contains 4 species, all from South America:
Indicoblemma
Indicoblemma is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by J. D. Bourne in 1980. It is a senior synonym of Chavia. They are found in parts of India, China and Thailand.
Argoctenus
Argoctenus is a genus of South Pacific long-legged sac spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878. They are found in Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. They resemble wolf spiders except for the narrowed carapace and the eye arrangement.
Pahora
Pahora is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. Originally placed with the Synotaxidae, it was moved to the Physoglenidae in 2017.
Pahanga
Pahanga is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by W. A. Shear in 1979.
Chiasmopes
Chiasmopes is an African genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Pietro Pavesi in 1883.
Porcataraneus
Porcataraneus is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders first described by X. Q. Mi & X. J. Peng in 2011. it contains only three species from India and China.
Cryptoerithus
Cryptoerithus is a genus of Australian ground spiders that was first described by William Joseph Rainbow in 1915. Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.
Aymaria
Aymaria is a genus of South American cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.
Exechocentrus
Exechocentrus is a genus of Madagascan orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. They are bolas-using spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web.
Manjala
Manjala is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders first described by V. T. Davies in 1990. it contains only three species.
Dysderina
Dysderina is a genus of goblin spider. Its members are found in South America, Africa and the Philippines.

Sarascelis
Sarascelis is a genus of palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.
Oilinyphia
Oilinyphia is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by H. Ono & H. Saito in 1989.