Carniella

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Carniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Carniella Thaler & Steinberger, 1988 [1]
Type species
C. brignolii Thaler & Steinberger, 1988
Species
15, see text
Synonyms [1]
MariananaGeorgescu, 1989 [2]

Carniella is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by K. Thaler & K.-H. Steinberger in 1988. ^[3]

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Asia, Europe, with one species endemic to Angola. ^[1]

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes fifteen species: ^[1]

• Carniella brignolii Thaler & Steinberger, 1988 – Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania (type species)
• Carniella coreana Kim & Yoo, 2018 – Korea
• Carniella detriticola (Miller, 1970) – Angola
• Carniella foliosa Gao & Li, 2014 – China
• Carniella forficata Gao & Li, 2014 – China
• Carniella globifera (Simon, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Carniella krakatauensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Indonesia (Krakatau)
• Carniella nepalensis Tanasevitch & Marusik, 2020 – Nepal
• Carniella orites Knoflach, 1996 – Thailand
• Carniella schwendingeri Knoflach, 1996 – Thailand
• Carniella siam Knoflach, 1996 – Thailand
• Carniella strumifera Gao & Li, 2014 – China
• Carniella sumatraensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Carniella tsurui Ono, 2007 – Taiwan
• Carniella weyersi (Brignoli, 1979) – China, Indonesia (Sumatra)

References

1. "Gen. Carniella Thaler & Steinberger, 1988". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-09.
2. Nae, A. (2012). "Carniella mihaili (Georgescu, 1994) – new combination of genus and description of the male (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Travaux de l'Institut de Spéologie "Émile Racovitza". 51: 2.
3. Thaler, K.; Steinberger, K.-H. (1988). "Zwei neue Zwerg-Kugelspinnen aus Österreich (Arachnida: Aranei, Theridiidae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie . 95: 997–1004. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.81946 .

External links

• Citizen science observations for Carniella at iNaturalist