Janula is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1932. It is a senior synonym of Monetoculus.
Species
it contains forty-four species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Asia, Panama, and Queensland:
- Janula aspus <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> â Nicaragua
- Janula batman <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> â Borneo
- Janula bicornigera <small>(Simon, 1894)</small> â Brazil
- Janula bicornis <small>(Thorell, 1881)</small> (type) â Australia (Queensland)
- Janula bicruciata <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> â Brazil
- Janula bifrons <small>(Thorell, 1895)</small> â Myanmar
- Janula bizona <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> â Borneo
- Janula bruneiensis <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> â Borneo
- Janula bubalis <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> â Borneo
- Janula chiapensis <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> â Mexico, Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
- Janula colima <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> â Mexico to Panama
- Janula crysus <small>(Buckup & Marques, 1992)</small> â Brazil
- Janula cuzco <small>(Levi, 1967)</small> â Peru
- Janula dominica <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> â Hispaniola
- Janula erythrophthalma <small>(Simon, 1894)</small> â Panama, Lesser Antilles to Bolivia
- Janula flores <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> â Brazil
- Janula itaqui <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> â Brazil
- Janula jimmyi <small>(Chavari & Brescovit, 2014)</small> â Colombia
- Janula juarezi <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> â Mexico
- Janula luteolimbata <small>(Thorell, 1898)</small> â Myanmar
- Janula lutzenbergeri <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> â Brazil
- Janula malachina <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> â Peru, Brazil
- Janula mamiraua <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> â Brazil
- Janula manauara <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> â Brazil
- Janula marginata <small>(Thorell, 1898)</small> â Myanmar
- Janula modesta <small>(Thorell, 1898)</small> â Myanmar
- Janula moyobamba <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> â Peru
- Janula nadleri <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> â Bahama Is., Jamaica
- Janula nebulosa <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> â Panama, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
- Janula ocreata <small>(Simon, 1909)</small> â Vietnam
- Janula panamensis <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> â Panama
- Janula parva <small>(Wunderlich, 2008)</small> â Malaysia
- Janula picta <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> â Singapore
- Janula pimenta <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> â Brazil
- Janula pyrus <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> â Panama
- Janula salobrensis <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> â Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil
- Janula seguro <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> â Brazil
- Janula taprobanica <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> â Sri Lanka
- Janula teresopolis <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> â Brazil
- Janula triangularis <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> â Thailand, Singapore, Brunei (Borneo)
- Janula triocellata <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> â Borneo
- Janula unitus <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> â Cuba, Jamaica
- Janula vaticus <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> â Costa Rica, Panama
- Janula zurlus <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> â Venezuela
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