Synaphosus Explained

Synaphosus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1980.^[1]

Species

it contains thirty-two species:^[2]

• Synaphosus cangshanus Yang, Yang & Zhang, 2013 – China
• Synaphosus daweiensis Yin, Bao & Peng, 2002 – China
• Synaphosus dubius Marusik & Omelko, 2018 – Thailand
• Synaphosus evertsi Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Ivory Coast, Indonesia (Bali), Philippines
• Synaphosus femininis Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – China, Laos, Indonesia (Java)
• Synaphosus gracillimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Egypt, Israel
• Synaphosus intricatus (Denis, 1947) – Algeria, Egypt
• Synaphosus iunctus Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018 – India
• Synaphosus jaegeri Marusik & Omelko, 2018 – Laos
• Synaphosus kakamega Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Kenya
• Synaphosus karakumensis Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Turkmenistan
• Synaphosus khashm Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Saudi Arabia
• Synaphosus lehtineni Marusik & Omelko, 2018 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Synaphosus makhambetensis Ponomarev, 2008 – Kazakhstan
• Synaphosus minimus (Caporiacco, 1936) – Libya, Egypt
• Synaphosus mongolicus Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Mongolia
• Synaphosus nanus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel
• Synaphosus neali Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Iran, Pakistan
• Synaphosus ovtsharenkoi Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Mongolia
• Synaphosus palearcticus Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Greece, Turkey to Central Asia
• Synaphosus paludis (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940) – USA
• Synaphosus raveni Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Thailand
• Synaphosus saidovi Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Tajikistan
• Synaphosus sauvage Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy
• Synaphosus shirin Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Cyprus, Iran
• Synaphosus shmakovi Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Mongolia
• Synaphosus soyunovi Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Turkmenistan
• Synaphosus syntheticus (Chamberlin, 1924) (type) – Libya, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia. Introduced to USA, Mexico
• Synaphosus taukum Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Kazakhstan
• Synaphosus trichopus (Roewer, 1928) – Greece, Crete
• Synaphosus turanicus Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Central Asia
• Synaphosus yatenga Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Burkina Faso

Notes and References

1. Platnick. N. I.. Shadab. M. U.. 1980. A revision of the North American spider genera Nodocion, Litopyllus, and Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).. American Museum Novitates. 1–26. 2691.
2. Gen. Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. .