Synaphris
Synaphris is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Synaphridae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle web spiders, it was moved to the Symphytognathidae in 1973, and to the Synaphridae in 2003.
Distribution
Spiders in this genus are found in North Africa, Madagascar, Canary Islands and from Spain to Iran.
Species
, this genus includes eleven species:Synaphris agaetensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary IslandsSynaphris calerensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary IslandsSynaphris dalmatensis Wunderlich, 1980 – CroatiaSynaphris franzi Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary IslandsSynaphris lehtineni Marusik, Gnelitsa & Kovblyuk, 2005 – Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, TurkeySynaphris letourneuxi – Tunisia, EgyptSynaphris orientalis Marusik & Lehtinen, 2003 – Turkmenistan, Iran?Synaphris saphrynis Lopardo, Hormiga & Melic, 2007 – Spain, Savage Islands?Synaphris schlingeri Miller, 2007 – MadagascarSynaphris toliara Miller, 2007 – MadagascarSynaphris wunderlichi Marusik & Zonstein, 2011 – Israel