Pelecopsis

Pelecopsis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864.

Most species are found in Africa, Europe and Asia, with endemic to North America.

Species

, this genus includes ninety species and four subspecies:

• Pelecopsis agaetensis <small>Wunderlich, 1987</small> – Canary Islands
• Pelecopsis albifrons <small>Holm, 1979</small> – Kenya
• Pelecopsis alpica <small>Thaler, 1991</small> – Alps (Switzerland, Austria, Italy)
• Pelecopsis alticola <small>(Berland, 1936)</small> – Kenya
• P. a. elgonensis <small>(Holm, 1962)</small> – Uganda
• P. a. kenyensis <small>(Holm, 1962)</small> – Kenya
• P. a. kivuensis <small>(Miller, 1970)</small> – DR Congo
• Pelecopsis amabilis <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Algeria
• Pelecopsis arsi <small>Tanasevitch, 2023</small> – Ethiopia
• Pelecopsis aureipes <small>, 1962</small> – Morocco
• Pelecopsis biceps <small>(Holm, 1962)</small> – Tanzania
• Pelecopsis bicornuta <small>Hillyard, 1980</small> – Portugal, Spain, Morocco
• Pelecopsis bigibba <small>Seo, 2018</small> – Korea
• Pelecopsis bishopi <small>Kaston, 1945</small> – Canada, United States
• Pelecopsis brunea <small>Seo, 2018</small> – Korea
• Pelecopsis bucephala <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)</small> – Western Mediterranean
• Pelecopsis capitata <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – France
• Pelecopsis cedricola <small>Bosmans & Abrous, 1992</small> – Algeria
• Pelecopsis coccinea <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)</small> – Spain, Morocco
• Pelecopsis crassipes <small>Tanasevitch, 1987</small> – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)
• Pelecopsis denisi <small>Brignoli, 1983</small> – Pyrenees (Andorra, France)
• Pelecopsis digitulus <small>Bosmans & Abrous, 1992</small> – Algeria, France (Corsica), Italy
• Pelecopsis dorniana <small>Heimer, 1987</small> – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far North East), Mongolia
• Pelecopsis elongata <small>(Wider, 1834)</small> – Europe, Turkey, Israel (type species)
• Pelecopsis eminula <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Italy, Spain?
• Pelecopsis flava <small>Holm, 1962</small> – Uganda, Congo
• Pelecopsis fornicata <small>Miller, 1970</small> – Congo
• Pelecopsis fulva <small>Holm, 1962</small> – Uganda
• Pelecopsis hamata <small>Bosmans, 1988</small> – Cameroon
• Pelecopsis hillyardi <small>Wunderlich, 2024</small> – Portugal
• Pelecopsis hipporegia <small>(Denis, 1968)</small> – Algeria, Tunisia
• Pelecopsis humiliceps <small>Holm, 1979</small> – Kenya, Uganda
• Pelecopsis indus <small>Tanasevitch, 2011</small> – Pakistan, India
• Pelecopsis inedita <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)</small> – Canary Islands, Mediterranean
• Pelecopsis infusca <small>Holm, 1962</small> – Uganda
• Pelecopsis intricata <small>, 1984</small> – South Africa
• Pelecopsis janus <small>Jocqué, 1984</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
• Pelecopsis kabyliana <small>Bosmans & Abrous, 1992</small> – Algeria
• Pelecopsis kalaensis <small>Bosmans & Abrous, 1992</small> – Algeria
• Pelecopsis laptevi <small>Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986</small> – North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
• Pelecopsis leonina <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Algeria
• Pelecopsis levantensis <small>Tanasevitch, 2016</small> – Israel
• Pelecopsis litoralis <small>Wunderlich, 1987</small> – Canary Islands
• Pelecopsis loksai <small>Szinetár & Samu, 2003</small> – Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria
• Pelecopsis lunaris <small>Bosmans & Abrous, 1992</small> – Algeria
• Pelecopsis major <small>(Denis, 1945)</small> – Algeria
• Pelecopsis malawiensis <small>Jocqué, 1977</small> – Malawi
• Pelecopsis margaretae <small>Georgescu, 1975</small> – Romania
• Pelecopsis medusoides <small>Jocqué, 1984</small> – South Africa
• Pelecopsis mengei <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – North America, Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan
• Pelecopsis minor <small>Wunderlich, 1995</small> – Mongolia
• Pelecopsis modica <small>Hillyard, 1980</small> – Spain, Morocco
• Pelecopsis moesta <small>(Banks, 1892)</small> – Canada, United States
• Pelecopsis monsantensis <small>Bosmans & Crespo, 2010</small> – Portugal, Spain
• Pelecopsis moschensis <small>(Caporiacco, 1947)</small> – Tanzania
• Pelecopsis mutica <small>Denis, 1958</small> – France
• Pelecopsis nigriceps <small>Holm, 1962</small> – Kenya, Uganda
• Pelecopsis nigroloba <small>Fei, Gao & Zhu, 1995</small> – Russia (Far East), China
• Pelecopsis odontophora <small>(Kulczyński, 1895)</small> – Georgia
• Pelecopsis oranensis <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Morocco, Algeria
• Pelecopsis oujda <small>Bosmans & Abrous, 1992</small> – Morocco, Algeria
• Pelecopsis pakistanicus <small>Tanasevitch, 2025</small> – Pakistan
• Pelecopsis palmgreni <small>Marusik & Esyunin, 1998</small> – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan
• Pelecopsis papillii <small>Scharff, 1990</small> – Tanzania
• Pelecopsis parallela <small>(Wider, 1834)</small> – Azores, Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Georgia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan
• Pelecopsis paralleloides <small>Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986</small> – Central Asia
• Pelecopsis partita <small>Denis, 1954</small> – France
• Pelecopsis parvicollis <small>Wunderlich, 1995</small> – Mongolia
• Pelecopsis parvioculis <small>Miller, 1970</small> – Angola
• Pelecopsis pasteuri <small>(Berland, 1936)</small> – Kenya, Tanzania
• Pelecopsis pavesii <small>Bosmans & Hervé, 2021</small> – Tunisia
• Pelecopsis pavida <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)</small> – Greece, Israel
• Pelecopsis physeter <small>(Fage, 1936)</small> – Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania
• Pelecopsis pooti <small>Bosmans & Jocqué, 1993</small> – Spain
• Pelecopsis proclinata <small>Bosmans, 1988</small> – Cameroon
• Pelecopsis punctilineata <small>Holm, 1964</small> – Congo, Rwanda
• Pelecopsis punctiseriata <small>( & Strand, 1906)</small> – Japan
• Pelecopsis radicicola <small>(L. Koch, 1872)</small> – Europe
• Pelecopsis reclinata <small>(Holm, 1962)</small> – Kenya, Uganda
• Pelecopsis riffensis <small>Bosmans & Abrous, 1992</small> – Morocco
• Pelecopsis robusta <small>Weiss, 1990</small> – Romania
• Pelecopsis ruwenzoriensis <small>(Holm, 1962)</small> – Uganda
• Pelecopsis sanje <small>Scharff, 1990</small> – Tanzania
• Pelecopsis sculpta <small>(Emerton, 1917)</small> – Alaska, Canada
• P. s. digna <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939</small> – United States
• Pelecopsis senecicola <small>Holm, 1962</small> – Uganda
• Pelecopsis seoi <small>Blick & Sherwood, 2021</small> – Korea
• Pelecopsis subflava <small> & Jocqué, 1986</small> – Kenya
• Pelecopsis suilla <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Algeria
• Pelecopsis tenuipalpis <small>Holm, 1979</small> – Uganda
• Pelecopsis topcui <small>(Türkeş, Karabulut, Demir & Seyyar, 2015)</small> – Turkey
• Pelecopsis tybaertielloides <small>Jocqué, 1984</small> – Kenya
• Pelecopsis uintana <small>(Chamberlin, 1949)</small> – United States
• Pelecopsis varians <small>(Holm, 1962)</small> – Kenya, Uganda

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