Gonatium

Gonatium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.

Species

it contains twenty species, found in Algeria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Macedonia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and the United States:

• Gonatium arimaense <small>Oi, 1960</small> – Korea, Japan
• Gonatium biimpressum <small>Simon, 1884</small> – France (Corsica), Italy
• Gonatium cappadocium <small>Millidge, 1981</small> – Turkey
• Gonatium crassipalpum <small>Bryant, 1933</small> – USA, Canada
• Gonatium dayense <small>Simon, 1884</small> – Algeria
• Gonatium ensipotens <small>(Simon, 1881)</small> – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy
• Gonatium geniculosum <small>Simon, 1918</small> – France
• Gonatium hilare <small>(Thorell, 1875)</small> – Central and southern Europe, Azerbaijan?
• Gonatium japonicum <small>Simon, 1906</small> – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Gonatium nemorivagum <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)</small> – Southern Europe
• Gonatium nipponicum <small>Millidge, 1981</small> – Russia (Far East), Japan
• Gonatium occidentale <small>Simon, 1918</small> – Spain, France, Morocco, Algeria, Israel
• Gonatium orientale <small>Fage, 1931</small> – Romania, Bulgaria
• Gonatium pacificum <small>Eskov, 1989</small> – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
• Gonatium paradoxum <small>(L. Koch, 1869)</small> – Europe
• Gonatium petrunkewitschi <small>Caporiacco, 1949</small> – Kenya
• Gonatium rubellum <small>(Blackwall, 1841)</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
• Gonatium rubens <small>(Blackwall, 1833)</small> (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Japan
• Gonatium strugaense <small>Drensky, 1929</small> – Macedonia
• Gonatium tridentatum Irfan, Zhang, Cai & Zhang, 2025 – China (Chongqing)

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