Smeringopus

Smeringopus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.

Its species are found in Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, and on the Pacific Islands.

Species

, this genus includes 55 species:

• Smeringopus arambourgi <small>Fage, 1936</small> – Ethiopia, Somalia
• Smeringopus atomarius <small>Simon, 1910</small> – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
• Smeringopus badplaas <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus blyde <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus bujongolo <small>Huber, 2012</small> – DR Congo, Uganda
• Smeringopus butare <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Congo, Rwanda, Burundi
• Smeringopus bwindi <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Congo, Uganda
• Smeringopus carli <small>Lessert, 1915</small> – Uganda, Tanzania, Comoros, Madagascar
• Smeringopus chibububo <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Mozambique
• Smeringopus chogoria <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Kenya
• Smeringopus cylindrogaster <small>(Simon, 1907)</small> – West, Central Africa
• Smeringopus dehoop <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus dundo <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Congo, Angola
• Smeringopus florisbad <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus hanglip <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus harare <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Zimbabwe
• Smeringopus hypocrita <small>Simon, 1910</small> – Namibia, South Africa
• Smeringopus isangi <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Congo
• Smeringopus kalomo <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar
• Smeringopus katanga <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Congo
• Smeringopus koppies <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Botswana, South Africa
• Smeringopus lesnei <small>Lessert, 1936</small> – Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• Smeringopus lesserti <small>Kraus, 1957</small> – Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, DR Congo, Angola
• Smeringopus lineiventris <small>Simon, 1890</small> – Yemen
• Smeringopus lotzi <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus lubondai <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Congo
• Smeringopus luki <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Congo
• Smeringopus lydenberg <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus mayombe <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Congo
• Smeringopus mgahinga <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Congo, Uganda
• Smeringopus mlilwane <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Eswatini, South Africa
• Smeringopus moxico <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Angola
• Smeringopus mpanga <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Uganda
• Smeringopus natalensis <small>Lawrence, 1947</small> – Mozambique, South Africa. Introduced to Australia
• Smeringopus ndumo <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus ngangao <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Kenya, Tanzania
• Smeringopus oromia <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Ethiopia
• Smeringopus pallidus <small>(Blackwall, 1858)</small> – Africa. Introduced to the Caribbean, South America, St. Helena, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific Islands (type species)
• Smeringopus peregrinoides <small>Kraus, 1957</small> – DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania
• Smeringopus peregrinus <small>Strand, 1906</small> – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar
• Smeringopus principe <small>Huber, 2012</small> – São Tomé and Príncipe
• Smeringopus roeweri <small>Kraus, 1957</small> – Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi
• Smeringopus rubrotinctus <small>Strand, 1913</small> – Rwanda, Burundi
• Smeringopus ruhiza <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Uganda, Burundi
• Smeringopus sambesicus <small>Kraus, 1957</small> – Mozambique
• Smeringopus saruanle <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Somalia
• Smeringopus sederberg <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus similis <small>Kraus, 1957</small> – Namibia
• Smeringopus thomensis <small>Simon, 1907</small> – São Tomé and Príncipe
• Smeringopus tombua <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Angola
• Smeringopus turkana <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Ethiopia, Kenya
• Smeringopus ubicki <small>Huber, 2012</small> – South Africa
• Smeringopus uisib <small>Huber, 2012</small> – Namibia
• Smeringopus voi <small>Yao & Li, 2019</small> – Kenya
• Smeringopus zonatus <small>Strand, 1906</small> – Ethiopia

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

References

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