Benoitia

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Benoitia
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B. tadzhika
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B. lepida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Benoitia
Lehtinen, 1967 [1]
Type species
B. bornemiszai
(Caporiacco, 1947)
Species

See text.

Benoitia is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. [2]

Contents

The genus is named after Belgian arachnologist Pierre L. G. Benoit.

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes ten species: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus Benoitia". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.