Nemesia (spider) explained

Nemesia is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Nemesiidae, first described by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826.^[1]

Species

it contains 71 species:^[2]

• N. africana (C. L. Koch, 1838) — Algeria
• N. albicomis Simon, 1914 — France (Corsica)
• N. algerina Zonstein, 2019 — Algeria
• N. almoravida Zonstein, 2019 — Algeria
• N. amicitia (Pertegal & Molero-Baltanás, 2022) — Spain
• N. angustata Simon, 1873 — Spain
• N. annaba Zonstein, 2019 — Algeria
• N. apenninica Decae, Pantini & Isaia, 2015 — Italy
• N. arboricola Pocock, 1903 — Malta
• N. arenicola Simon, 1892 — France (Corsica)
• N. asterix Decae & Huber, 2017 — Italy (Sardinia)
• N. athiasi Franganillo, 1920 — Portugal, Spain
• N. bacelarae Decae, Cardoso & Selden, 2007 — Portugal, Spain
• N. berlandi Frade & Bacelar, 1931 — Portugal
• N. bristowei Decae, 2005 — Spain (Majorca)
• N. budensis Kolosváry, 1939 — Hungary
• N. caementaria (Latreille, 1799) — Southern Europe
• N. caranhaci Decae, 1995 — Greece (Crete)
• N. carminans (Latreille, 1818) — France
• N. cecconii Kulczyński, 1907 — Italy
• N. cellicola Audouin, 1826 (type) — Mediterranean
• N. coheni Fuhn & Polenec, 1967 — Romania, Bulgaria
• N. cominensis (Cassar, Mifsud & Decae, 2022) — Malta
• N. congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 — France
• N. corsica Simon, 1914 — France (Corsica)
• N. crassimana Simon, 1873 — Spain
• N. cubana (Franganillo, 1930) — Cuba
• N. cypriatica (Özkütük, Yağmur, Elverici, Gücel, Altunsoy & Kunt, 2022) — Cyprus
• N. daedali Decae, 1995 — Greece (Crete)
• N. decaei Zonstein, 2019 — Algeria
• N. didieri Simon, 1892 — Algeria
• N. dido Zonstein, 2019 — Algeria
• N. dorthesi Thorell, 1875 — Spain, Morocco, Algeria
• N. dubia (Karsch, 1878) — Mozambique
• N. dubia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 — Spain, France
• N. eleanora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 — France
• N. entinae (Calvo & Pagán, 2022) — Spain
• N. fagei Frade & Bacelar, 1931 — Portugal
• N. fertoni Simon, 1914 — France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia)
  • N. f. sardinea Simon, 1914 — Italy (Sardinia)
• N. hastensis Decae, Pantini & Isaia, 2015 — Italy
• N. hispanica L. Koch, 1871 — Spain
• N. ibiza Decae, 2005 — Spain (Ibiza)
• N. ilvae Caporiacco, 1950 — Italy
• N. incerta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 — France
• N. kahmanni Kraus, 1955 — Italy (Sardinia)
• N. macrocephala Ausserer, 1871 — Italy (Sicily), Malta, Algeria?
  • N. m. occidentalis Frade & Bacelar, 1931 — Spain
• N. maculatipes Ausserer, 1871 — France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia), Morocco?
• N. maltensis (Cassar, Mifsud & Decae, 2022) — Malta
• N. manderstjernae L. Koch, 1871 — France
• N. meridionalis (Costa, 1835) — Spain, France, Italy, Algeria?
• N. pannonica Herman, 1879 — Eastern Europe
• N. pavani Dresco, 1978 — Italy
• N. pedemontana Decae, Pantini & Isaia, 2015 — Italy
• N. qarthadasht (Calvo, 2021) — Spain
• N. randa Decae, 2005 — Spain (Majorca)
• N. raripila Simon, 1914 — Spain, France
• N. rastellata Wunderlich, 2011 — Greece (Karpathos)
• N. santeugenia Decae, 2005 — Spain (Majorca)
• N. santeulalia Decae, 2005 — Spain (Ibiza)
• N. sanzoi Fage, 1917 — Italy (Sicily)
• N. seldeni Decae, 2005 — Spain (Majorca)
• N. shenlongi (Pertegal, García, Molero-Baltanás & Knapp, 2022) — Spain
• N. simoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 — Portugal, Spain, France
• N. sinensis Pocock, 1901 — China
• N. tanit Zonstein, 2019 — Algeria
• N. transalpina (Doleschall, 1871) — Italy
• N. uncinata Bacelar, 1933 — Portugal, Spain
• N. ungoliant Decae, Cardoso & Selden, 2007 — Portugal
• N. valenciae Kraus, 1955 — Spain, Morocco

Notes and References

1. Book: Audouin, V.. 1826. Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Égypte et de la Syrie.
2. Web site: Gen. Nemesia Audouin, 1826. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-09. Natural History Museum Bern.