Smeringopus Explained

Smeringopus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.^[1]

Species

it contains fifty-five species, found in Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, and on the Pacific Islands:^[2]

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

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1890. Etudes arachnologiques. 22e Mémoire. XXXIV. Etude sur les arachnides de l'Yemen. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 77–124. 10. 6. Eugène_Simon.
2. Web site: Gen. Smeringopus Simon, 1890. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.