Smeringopus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.
Species of the genus are found in Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, and on the Pacific Islands.
Species
, this genus includes 55 species:
Smeringopus arambourgi Fage, 1936 – Ethiopia, Somalia Smeringopus atomarius Simon, 1910 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa Smeringopus badplaas Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus blyde Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus bujongolo Huber, 2012 – DR Congo, Uganda Smeringopus butare Huber, 2012 – Congo, Rwanda, Burundi Smeringopus bwindi Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda Smeringopus carli Lessert, 1915 – Uganda, Tanzania, Comoros, Madagascar Smeringopus chibububo Huber, 2012 – Mozambique Smeringopus chogoria Huber, 2012 – Kenya Smeringopus cylindrogaster (Simon, 1907) – West, Central Africa Smeringopus dehoop Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus dundo Huber, 2012 – Congo, Angola Smeringopus florisbad Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus hanglip Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus harare Huber, 2012 – Zimbabwe Smeringopus hypocrita Simon, 1910 – Namibia, South Africa Smeringopus isangi Huber, 2012 – Congo Smeringopus kalomo Huber, 2012 – Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar Smeringopus katanga Huber, 2012 – Congo Smeringopus koppies Huber, 2012 – Botswana, South Africa Smeringopus lesnei Lessert, 1936 – Mozambique, Zimbabwe Smeringopus lesserti Kraus, 1957 – Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, DR Congo, Angola Smeringopus lineiventris Simon, 1890 – Yemen Smeringopus lotzi Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus lubondai Huber, 2012 – Congo Smeringopus luki Huber, 2012 – Congo Smeringopus lydenberg Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus mayombe Huber, 2012 – Congo Smeringopus mgahinga Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda Smeringopus mlilwane Huber, 2012 – Eswatini, South Africa Smeringopus moxico Huber, 2012 – Angola Smeringopus mpanga Huber, 2012 – Uganda Smeringopus natalensis Lawrence, 1947 – Mozambique, South Africa. Introduced to Australia Smeringopus ndumo Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus ngangao Huber, 2012 – Kenya, Tanzania Smeringopus oromia Huber, 2012 – Ethiopia Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858) – Africa. Introduced to the Caribbean, South America, St. Helena, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific Islands (type species) Smeringopus peregrinoides Kraus, 1957 – DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania Smeringopus peregrinus Strand, 1906 – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar Smeringopus principe Huber, 2012 – São Tomé and Príncipe Smeringopus roeweri Kraus, 1957 – Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi Smeringopus rubrotinctus Strand, 1913 – Rwanda, Burundi Smeringopus ruhiza Huber, 2012 – Uganda, Burundi Smeringopus sambesicus Kraus, 1957 – Mozambique Smeringopus saruanle Huber, 2012 – Somalia Smeringopus sederberg Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus similis Kraus, 1957 – Namibia Smeringopus thomensis Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe Smeringopus tombua Huber, 2012 – Angola Smeringopus turkana Huber, 2012 – Ethiopia, Kenya Smeringopus ubicki Huber, 2012 – South Africa Smeringopus uisib Huber, 2012 – Namibia Smeringopus voi Yao & Li, 2019 – Kenya Smeringopus zonatus Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
See also List of Pholcidae species
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