Pelecopsis
Pelecopsis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864.
Most species are found in Africa, Europe and Asia, with endemic to North America.
Species
, this genus includes ninety species and four subspecies:- Pelecopsis agaetensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands
- Pelecopsis albifrons Holm, 1979 – Kenya
- Pelecopsis alpica Thaler, 1991 – Alps
- Pelecopsis alticola – Kenya
- * P. a. elgonensis – Uganda
- * P. a. kenyensis – Kenya
- * P. a. kivuensis – Democratic [Republic of the Congo|DR Congo]
- Pelecopsis amabilis – Algeria
- Pelecopsis arsi Tanasevitch, 2023 – Ethiopia
- Pelecopsis aureipes Denis, 1962 – Morocco
- Pelecopsis biceps – Tanzania
- Pelecopsis bicornuta Hillyard, 1980 – Portugal, Spain, Morocco
- Pelecopsis bigibba Seo, 2018 – Korea
- Pelecopsis bishopi Kaston, 1945 – Canada, United States
- Pelecopsis brunea Seo, 2018 – Korea
- Pelecopsis bucephala – Western Mediterranean
- Pelecopsis capitata – France
- Pelecopsis cedricola Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria
- Pelecopsis coccinea – Spain, Morocco
- Pelecopsis crassipes Tanasevitch, 1987 – Caucasus
- Pelecopsis denisi Brignoli, 1983 – Pyrenees
- Pelecopsis digitulus Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria, France, Italy
- Pelecopsis dorniana Heimer, 1987 – Russia, Mongolia
- Pelecopsis elongata – Europe, Turkey, Israel
- Pelecopsis eminula – Italy, Spain?
- Pelecopsis flava Holm, 1962 – Uganda, Congo
- Pelecopsis fornicata Miller, 1970 – Congo
- Pelecopsis fulva Holm, 1962 – Uganda
- Pelecopsis hamata Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
- Pelecopsis hillyardi Wunderlich, 2024 – Portugal
- Pelecopsis hipporegia – Algeria, Tunisia
- Pelecopsis humiliceps Holm, 1979 – Kenya, Uganda
- Pelecopsis indus Tanasevitch, 2011 – Pakistan, India
- Pelecopsis inedita – Canary Islands, Mediterranean
- Pelecopsis infusca Holm, 1962 – Uganda
- Pelecopsis intricata Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
- Pelecopsis janus Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa, Lesotho
- Pelecopsis kabyliana Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria
- Pelecopsis kalaensis Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria
- Pelecopsis laptevi Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986 – North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
- Pelecopsis leonina – Algeria
- Pelecopsis levantensis Tanasevitch, 2016 – Israel
- Pelecopsis litoralis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands
- Pelecopsis loksai Szinetár & Samu, 2003 – Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria
- Pelecopsis lunaris Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria
- Pelecopsis major – Algeria
- Pelecopsis malawiensis Jocqué, 1977 – Malawi
- Pelecopsis margaretae Georgescu, 1975 – Romania
- Pelecopsis medusoides Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
- Pelecopsis mengei – North America, Europe, Turkey, Russia, Japan
- Pelecopsis minor Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia
- Pelecopsis modica Hillyard, 1980 – Spain, Morocco
- Pelecopsis moesta – Canada, United States
- Pelecopsis monsantensis Bosmans & Crespo, 2010 – Portugal, Spain
- Pelecopsis moschensis – Tanzania
- Pelecopsis mutica Denis, 1958 – France
- Pelecopsis nigriceps Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
- Pelecopsis nigroloba Fei, Gao & Zhu, 1995 – Russia, China
- Pelecopsis odontophora – Georgia
- Pelecopsis oranensis – Morocco, Algeria
- Pelecopsis oujda Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Morocco, Algeria
- Pelecopsis pakistanicus Tanasevitch, 2025 – Pakistan
- Pelecopsis palmgreni Marusik & Esyunin, 1998 – Russia, Kazakhstan
- Pelecopsis papillii Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Pelecopsis parallela – Azores, Europe, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan
- Pelecopsis paralleloides Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986 – Central Asia
- Pelecopsis partita Denis, 1954 – France
- Pelecopsis parvicollis Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia
- Pelecopsis parvioculis Miller, 1970 – Angola
- Pelecopsis pasteuri – Kenya, Tanzania
- Pelecopsis pavesii Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 – Tunisia
- Pelecopsis pavida – Greece, Israel
- Pelecopsis physeter – Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania
- Pelecopsis pooti Bosmans & Jocqué, 1993 – Spain
- Pelecopsis proclinata Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
- Pelecopsis punctilineata Holm, 1964 – Congo, Rwanda
- Pelecopsis punctiseriata – Japan
- Pelecopsis radicicola – Europe
- Pelecopsis reclinata – Kenya, Uganda
- Pelecopsis riffensis Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Morocco
- Pelecopsis robusta Weiss, 1990 – Romania
- Pelecopsis ruwenzoriensis – Uganda
- Pelecopsis sanje Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Pelecopsis sculpta – Alaska, Canada
- * P. s. digna Ralph [Vary Chamberlin|Chamberlin] & Ivie, 1939 – United States
- Pelecopsis senecicola Holm, 1962 – Uganda
- Pelecopsis seoi Blick & Sherwood, 2021 – Korea
- Pelecopsis subflava Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
- Pelecopsis suilla – Algeria
- Pelecopsis tenuipalpis Holm, 1979 – Uganda
- Pelecopsis topcui – Turkey
- Pelecopsis tybaertielloides Jocqué, 1984 – Kenya
- Pelecopsis uintana – United States
- Pelecopsis varians – Kenya, Uganda