Araeoncus


Araeoncus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of Diplocephalus; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification of the tibial apophysis of the pedipalp.

Species

it contains thirty-nine species:
  • Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1884 – France, Italy, Azerbaijan
  • Araeoncus anguineus – Europe
  • Araeoncus banias Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel
  • Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia
  • Araeoncus clavatus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Turkey, Armenia
  • Araeoncus clivifrons Deltshev, 1987 – Bulgaria
  • Araeoncus convexus Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia
  • Araeoncus crassiceps – Europe, Russia
  • Araeoncus curvatus Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia
  • Araeoncus cypriacus Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus
  • Araeoncus discedens – Spain, France, Italy
  • Araeoncus dispar Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden
  • Araeoncus duriusculus Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
  • Araeoncus etinde Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
  • Araeoncus femineus – Equatorial Guinea
  • Araeoncus galeriformis – Russia, Azerbaijan
  • Araeoncus gertschi Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
  • Araeoncus hanno Simon, 1884 – Algeria
  • Araeoncus humilis – Europe, North Africa, Russia, Japan. Introduced to New Zealand
  • Araeoncus hyalinus Song & Li, 2010 – China
  • Araeoncus impolitus Holm, 1962 – Kenya
  • Araeoncus longispineus Song & Li, 2010 – China
  • Araeoncus longiusculus – France, Italy
  • Araeoncus macrophthalmus Miller, 1970 – Angola
  • Araeoncus malawiensis Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi
  • Araeoncus martinae Bosmans, 1996 – Morocco, Algeria
  • Araeoncus mitriformis Tanasevitch, 2008 – Turkey, Iran
  • Araeoncus obtusus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
  • Araeoncus picturatus Holm, 1962 – Tanzania
  • Araeoncus rhodes Tanasevitch, 2011 – Greece
  • Araeoncus sicanus Brignoli, 1979 – Italy
  • Araeoncus subniger Holm, 1962 – Kenya
  • Araeoncus tauricus Gnelitsa, 2004 – Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine
  • Araeoncus toubkal Bosmans, 1996 – Portugal, Morocco
  • Araeoncus tuberculatus Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden
  • Araeoncus vaporariorum – France, Italy
  • Araeoncus victorianyanzae Berland, 1936 – Kenya, Tanzania
  • Araeoncus viphyensis Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi
  • Araeoncus vorkutensis Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia, Kazakhstan