Spermophora
Male shortbodied cellar spider (Spermophora senoculata) from the United States
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Spermophora
Hentz, 1841[1]
Type species
S. senoculata
(Dugès, 1836)
Species

45, see text

Synonyms[1]

Spermophora is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1841.[3]

Species

As of December 2022 it contains 45 species, found in Africa, Europe, Oceania, Asia, the United States, and Brazil:[1]

  • Spermophora abibae Huber, 2014 – Congo
  • Spermophora akwamu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Ghana, Gabon
  • Spermophora awalai Huber, 2014 – Cameroon
  • Spermophora berlandi Fage, 1936 – Kenya
  • Spermophora bukusu Huber & Warui, 2012 – Kenya, Uganda
  • Spermophora deelemanae Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Ambon)
  • Spermophora dieke Huber, 2009 – Guinea
  • Spermophora dumoga Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Spermophora estebani Simon, 1892 – Philippines
  • Spermophora falcata Yao & Li, 2013 – Laos
  • Spermophora gordimerae Huber, 2003 – South Africa
  • Spermophora jocquei Huber, 2003 – Comoros, Mayotte
  • Spermophora kaindi Huber, 2005 – New Guinea
  • Spermophora kerinci Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Sumatra, Bali). Introduced to Germany
  • Spermophora kirinyaga Huber & Warui, 2012 – Kenya
  • Spermophora kivu Huber, 2003 – Congo
  • Spermophora kyambura Huber & Warui, 2012 – Cameroon to Uganda
  • Spermophora lambilloni Huber, 2003 – Comoros
  • Spermophora luzonica Huber, 2005 – Philippines
  • Spermophora maathaiae Huber & Warui, 2012 – Kenya
  • Spermophora maculata Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
  • Spermophora maros Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Spermophora masisiwe Huber, 2003 – Tanzania
  • Spermophora mau Huber & Warui, 2012 – Kenya
  • Spermophora minotaura Berland, 1920 – East Africa
  • Spermophora morogoro Huber, 2003 – Tanzania
  • Spermophora palau Huber, 2005 – Caroline Is.
  • Spermophora paluma Huber, 2001 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Spermophora pembai Huber, 2003 – South Africa
  • Spermophora peninsulae Lawrence, 1964 – South Africa
  • Spermophora persica Senglet, 2008 – Iran
  • Spermophora ranomafana Huber, 2003 – Madagascar
  • Spermophora sangarawe Huber, 2003 – Tanzania
  • Spermophora schoemanae Huber, 2003 – South Africa
  • Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836) (type) – Middle East. Introduced to USA, southern Europe, China, Korea, Japan
  • Spermophora senoculatoides Senglet, 2008 – Iran
  • Spermophora sumbawa Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Sunda Is.)
  • Spermophora suurbraak Huber, 2003 – South Africa
  • Spermophora thorelli Roewer, 1942 – Myanmar
  • Spermophora tonkoui Huber, 2003 – Guinea, Ivory Coast
  • Spermophora tumbang Huber, 2005 – Borneo
  • Spermophora usambara Huber, 2003 – Tanzania
  • Spermophora vyvato Huber, 2003 – Madagascar
  • Spermophora yao Huber, 2001 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Spermophora ziama Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Guinea

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Spermophora Hentz, 1841". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ↑ Yaginuma, T. (1974). "The spider fauna of Japan (IV)". Faculty of Letters Revue, Otemon Gakuin University. 8: 170.
  3. ↑ Hentz, N. M. (1841). "Description of an American spider, constituting a new sub-genus of the tribe Inaequiteloe of Latreille". Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts. 41: 115–117.

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