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Lehtineniana
Lehtineniana is a genus of South Pacific cribellate orb-weavers first described by Danniella Sherwood in 2022. It is named in honor of Pekka T. Lehtinen. It was formerly known as Tangaroa, and renamed after this was found to be a junior homonym of the rhabdocoel flatworm genus Tangaroa, prompting its replacement.
Toxopsoides
Toxopsoides is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Toxopidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Toxopidae in 2017.

Telaprocera
Telaprocera is a genus of Australian orb-weaver spiders first described by A. M. T. Harmer & V. W. Framenau in 2008. it contains only two species.

Neoctenus
Neoctenus is a genus of spiders in the family Trechaleidae. It was first described in 1897 by Simon. , it contains 4 South American species.
Scutpelecopsis
Scutpelecopsis is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Y. M. Marusik & V. A. Gnelitsa in 2009.
Telchius
Telchius is an African genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae with three described species. It was first described in 1893 by Simon

Chanea
Chanea is a genus of Chinese spiders in the family Mysmenidae first discovered in 2009. The name is derived from the Chinese word for "coil", referring to the coiled whip-like extension of the palpal bulb, a defining characteristic of the genus. There are two species in the genus, one described in 2009 and the other in 2016.

Rothus
Rothus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. Its three species are found in Africa, with R. aethiopicus reaching into Israel.
Heidrunea
Heidrunea is a genus of spiders in the family Trechaleidae. It was first described in 1994 by Brescovit & Höfer. , it contains 3 species, all from Brazil.
Suemus
Suemus is a genus of running crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.
Waunana
Waunana is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.
Tisentnops
Tisentnops is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1994. it contains only three species.
Duninia
Duninia is a genus of Asian tree trunk spiders that was first described by Yuri M. Marusik & Victor R. Fet in 2009.
Theuma
genus of arachnids
Yoroa
Yoroa is a genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders that was first described by L. Baert in 1984. it contains two species, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea: Y. clypeoglandularis and Y. taylori.
Labullinyphia
Labullinyphia is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders containing the species Labullinyphia furcata and Labullinyphia tersa. It was first described by P. J. van Helsdingen in 1985,. The former species is found in China and the latter species in Sri Lanka.
Campostichomma
Campostichomma is a genus of spiders in the family Udubidae native to Sri Lanka. Many of its species were moved to either Griswoldia or Devendra. This genus was originally placed in the family Agelenidae. It was moved to Miturgidae in 1967, to Zoropsidae in 1999, then to Udubidae in 2015.

Mitzoruga
Mitzoruga is a genus of spiders in the family Miturgidae. It was first described in 2009 by Raven. , it contains 3 species.

Gaiziapis
Gaiziapis is a genus of East Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by J. A. Miller, C. E. Griswold & C. M. Yin in 2009. it contains only two species, both found in China.
Raveniella
Raveniella is a genus of spiders in the family Anapidae. It was first described in 2010 by Rix & Harvey. , it contains 9 Australian species.
Systenoplacis
Systenoplacis is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae with 22 African species.

Isela
Isela is a genus of African spiders in the family Mysmenidae, first described in 1985 by Charles E. Griswold. It contains two African species.
Pholcoides
Pholcoides is a genus of Asian crevice weavers that was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1960. , it contains only three species: P. afghana, P. monticola, and P. seclusa.
Caricelea
Caricelea is a genus of spiders in the family Trechaleidae. It was first described in 2007 by Silva & Lise. , it contains 3 species, all from Peru.
Zephyrarchaea
Zephyrarchaea is a genus of Australian assassin spiders first described by Michael Gordon Rix & Mark Harvey in 2012 for nine new species and two that were formerly placed in the genus Austrarchaea. The name is based on the Latin '''', meaning "west wind", referring to the western distribution in Australia and a preference for windy, coastal habitats by some species. It has been encountered in Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia.
Elleguna
Elleguna is a genus of Australian sheetweb spiders that was first described by M. R. Gray & H. M. Smith in 2008. it contains two species, found in Queensland: E. major and E. minor.
Simonoonops
Simonoonops is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 2002 by Harvey. , it contains 11 species.
Couranga
Couranga is a genus of Australian sheetweb spiders that was first described by M. R. Gray & H. M. Smith in 2008. it contains two species, found in New South Wales and Queensland: C. diehappy and C. kioloa.

Scyloxes
Scyloxes is a genus of Tajikistani spitting spiders containing three species. It was first described by P. M. Dunin in 1992 and remained a monotypic genus until 2022, when Zamani et al. moved two species into the genus, S. magna and S. zhaoi, from Scytodes and Stedocys, respectively. It is found in Tajikistan, Malaysia and Thailand.
Microsynotaxus
Microsynotaxus is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008. it contains two species, both found in Queensland: M. calliope and M. insolens.
Escaphiella
Escaphiella is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 2009 by Platnick & Dupérré. , it contains 36 species found in the Americas.
Karriella
Karriella is a genus of Western Australian sheetweb spiders that was first described by M. R. Gray & H. M. Smith in 2008. it contains two species, found in Western Australia: K. treenensis and K. walpolensis.
Eperiella
Eperiella is a genus of spiders in the family Anapidae. It was first described in 2010 by Rix & Harvey. , it contains 2 species.
Hickmanolobus
Hickmanolobus is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1985.
Tuxoctenus
Tuxoctenus is a genus of spiders in the family Miturgidae. It was first described in 2008 by Raven. , it contains 3 Australian species.
Prodysderina
Prodysderina is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 2013 by Platnick et al.. , it contains 9 species.
Pehrforsskalia
Pehrforsskalia is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold & A. van Harten in 2001. Its three described species are found in Africa, Israel, and Yemen.

Inermocoelotes
Inermocoelotes is a genus of funnel weavers first described by S. V. Ovtchinnikov in 1999.
Pescennina
Pescennina is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 1903 by Simon. , it contains 18 species.

Simaoa
Simaoa is a genus of spiders in the family Mysmenidae. It was first described in 2009 by Miller, Griswold & Yin. , it contains 4 species, all from China.
Arabellata
Arabellata is a genus of South Pacific sac spiders first described by V. Versteirt, L. Baert & Rudy Jocqué in 2010. it contains only two species, both found in Papua New Guinea.
Lehtinenia
Lehtinenia is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by Y. F. Tong & S. Q. Li in 2008. it contains three species, found in Asia: L. arcus, L. bicornis, and L. bisulcus. It is named in honor of Pekka T. Lehtinen.
Austropholcomma
Austropholcomma is a genus of spiders in the family Anapidae. It was first described in 2010 by Rix & Harvey. , it contains 2 species.

Guadana
Guadana is a genus of South American huntsman spiders that was first described by C. A. Rheims in 2010.
Planochelas
Planochelas is an African genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by R. Lyle & C. R. Haddad in 2009.
Taliniella
Taliniella is a genus of spiders in the family Anapidae. It was first described in 2010 by Rix & Harvey. , it contains 2 species, both from New Zealand.
Asmea
Asmea is a genus of Papuan sheetweb spiders that was first described by M. R. Gray & H. M. Smith in 2008.
Bannaella
Bannaella is a genus of East Asian cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Z. S. Zhang & S. Q. Li in 2011. it contains only three species, all found in China: B. lhasana, B. sinuata, and B. tibialis.
Epigastrina
Epigastrina is a genus of spiders in the family Anapidae. It was first described in 2010 by Rix & Harvey. , it contains 3 species, all from Tasmania.

Hexophthalma
Hexophthalma is a southern African genus of spiders in the family Sicariidae. The English name six-eyed sand spiders is used for members of the genus, particularly Hexophthalma hahni.
Thaiderces
Thaiderces is a genus of spiders from Southeast Asia in the family Psilodercidae, first described in 2017.
Omucukia
Omucukia is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 2008 by Koçak & Kemal. , it contains 2 species from Madagascar.

Predatoroonops
Predatoroonops is a genus of goblin spiders endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The genus is characterized by the extremely modified male chelicerae and long pairs of ventral spines. It is the first fully revised endemic Brazilian genus of spiders, uncovered in 2012 after two and a half years of research at São Paulo's Instituto Butantan.
Denisiphantes
Denisiphantes is a genus of East Asian dwarf spiders containing two species, Denisiphantes denisi and the recently described Denisiphantes arcuatus. The genus was first described by L. H. Tu, S. Q. Li & C. Rollard in 2005, with both species occurring in China.
Sulaimania
genus of spiders
Prethopalpus
Prethopalpus is a spider genus known as goblin spiders and are found in the Australasian tropics, including Nepal, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Three species are widely distributed, whereas the majority of species are recorded a single localities. Of the 41 species, 14 blind troglobite species live in subterranean ecosystems in Western Australia.
Paracymboides
Paracymboides is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2011.
Calcarsynotaxus
Calcarsynotaxus is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae, and was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1995. it contains two species, found in Queensland and Western Australia: C. benrobertsi and C. longipes.
Pseudosparianthis
Pseudosparianthis is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.

Neodrassex
Neodrassex is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by R. Ott in 2012.