Smeringopina Explained

Smeringopina is a genus of African cellar spiders that was first described by O. Kraus in 1957.^[1]

Species

it contains forty-four species, found only in Africa:^[2]

• Smeringopina africana (Thorell, 1899) – West Africa
• Smeringopina ankasa Huber, 2013 – Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia
• Smeringopina armata (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon
• Smeringopina attuleh Huber, 2013 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina bamenda Huber, 2013 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina bayaka Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina belinga Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina beninensis Kraus, 1957 (type) – Benin, Nigeria
• Smeringopina bineti (Millot, 1941) – Guinea
• Smeringopina bioko Huber, 2013 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
• Smeringopina bomfobiri Huber, 2013 – Ghana
• Smeringopina bwiti Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina camerunensis Kraus, 1957 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina chaillu Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina cornigera (Simon, 1907) – Cameroon
• Smeringopina djidji Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina ebolowa Huber, 2013 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina essotah Huber, 2013 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina etome Huber, 2013 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina fang Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina fon Huber, 2013 – Benin, São Tomé and Príncipe, Nigeria
• Smeringopina guineensis (Millot, 1941) – Guinea, Liberia
• Smeringopina ibadan Huber, 2013 – Nigeria
• Smeringopina iboga Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina kala Huber, 2013 – Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
• Smeringopina kikongo Huber, 2013 – Congo
• Smeringopina kinguele Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina kribi Huber, 2013 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina lekoni Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina luki Huber, 2013 – Congo
• Smeringopina mayebout Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina mbouda Huber, 2013 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina mohoba Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina moudouma Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina ndjole Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina ngungu Huber, 2013 – Congo
• Smeringopina nyasoso Huber, 2013 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina ogooue Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina pulchra (Millot, 1941) – West Africa
• Smeringopina sahoue Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina simintang Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina simplex Kraus, 1957 – Cameroon
• Smeringopina tchimbele Huber, 2013 – Gabon
• Smeringopina tebe Huber, 2013 – Gabon

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

Notes and References

1. Kraus. O.. 1957. Araneenstudien 1. Pholcidae (Smeringopodinae, Ninetinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica. 217–243. 38.
2. Web site: Gen. Smeringopina Kraus, 1957. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.