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 (Switzerland, Austria, Italy) Pelecopsis alticola (Berland, 1936) – Kenya P. a. elgonensis (Holm, 1962) – Uganda P. a. kenyensis (Holm, 1962) – Kenya P. a. kivuensis (Miller, 1970) – DR Congo Pelecopsis amabilis (Simon, 1884) – Algeria Pelecopsis arsi Tanasevitch, 2023 – Ethiopia Pelecopsis aureipes Denis, 1962 – Morocco Pelecopsis biceps (Holm, 1962) – 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 (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Western Mediterranean Pelecopsis capitata (Simon, 1884) – France Pelecopsis cedricola Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria Pelecopsis coccinea (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Spain, Morocco Pelecopsis crassipes Tanasevitch, 1987 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan) Pelecopsis denisi Brignoli, 1983 – Pyrenees (Andorra, France) Pelecopsis digitulus Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria, France (Corsica), Italy Pelecopsis dorniana Heimer, 1987 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far North East), Mongolia Pelecopsis elongata (Wider, 1834) – Europe, Turkey, Israel (type species) Pelecopsis eminula (Simon, 1884) – 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 (Denis, 1968) – Algeria, Tunisia Pelecopsis humiliceps Holm, 1979 – Kenya, Uganda Pelecopsis indus Tanasevitch, 2011 – Pakistan, India Pelecopsis inedita (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – 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 (Simon, 1884) – 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 (Denis, 1945) – Algeria Pelecopsis malawiensis Jocqué, 1977 – Malawi Pelecopsis margaretae Georgescu, 1975 – Romania Pelecopsis medusoides Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa Pelecopsis mengei (Simon, 1884) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan Pelecopsis minor Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia Pelecopsis modica Hillyard, 1980 – Spain, Morocco Pelecopsis moesta (Banks, 1892) – Canada, United States Pelecopsis monsantensis Bosmans & Crespo, 2010 – Portugal, Spain Pelecopsis moschensis (Caporiacco, 1947) – Tanzania Pelecopsis mutica Denis, 1958 – France Pelecopsis nigriceps Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda Pelecopsis nigroloba Fei, Gao & Zhu, 1995 – Russia (Far East), China Pelecopsis odontophora (Kulczyński, 1895) – Georgia Pelecopsis oranensis (Simon, 1884) – Morocco, Algeria Pelecopsis oujda Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Morocco, Algeria Pelecopsis pakistanicus Tanasevitch, 2025 – Pakistan Pelecopsis palmgreni Marusik & Esyunin, 1998 – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan Pelecopsis papillii Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Pelecopsis parallela (Wider, 1834) – Azores, Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), 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 (Berland, 1936) – Kenya, Tanzania Pelecopsis pavesii Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 – Tunisia Pelecopsis pavida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece, Israel Pelecopsis physeter (Fage, 1936) – Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania Pelecopsis pooti Bosmans & Jocqué, 1993 – Spain Pelecopsis proclinata Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon Pelecopsis punctilineata Holm, 1964 – Congo, Rwanda Pelecopsis punctiseriata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan Pelecopsis radicicola (L. Koch, 1872) – Europe Pelecopsis reclinata (Holm, 1962) – Kenya, Uganda Pelecopsis riffensis Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Morocco Pelecopsis robusta Weiss, 1990 – Romania Pelecopsis ruwenzoriensis (Holm, 1962) – Uganda Pelecopsis sanje Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Pelecopsis sculpta (Emerton, 1917) – Alaska, Canada P. s. digna 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 (Simon, 1884) – Algeria Pelecopsis tenuipalpis Holm, 1979 – Uganda Pelecopsis topcui (Türkeş, Karabulut, Demir & Seyyar, 2015) – Turkey Pelecopsis tybaertielloides Jocqué, 1984 – Kenya Pelecopsis uintana (Chamberlin, 1949) – United States Pelecopsis varians (Holm, 1962) – Kenya, Uganda
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