| Duninia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Hersiliidae |
| Genus: | Duninia Marusik & Fet, 2009 [1] |
| Type species | |
| D. baehrae Marusik & Fet, 2009 | |
| Species | |
4, see text | |
Duninia is a genus of Asian tree trunk spiders that was first described by Yuri M. Marusik & Victor R. Fet in 2009. [2]
As of May 2019 [update] it contains four species: [1]
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Zaitunia is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
Alireza Zamani is an Iranian arachnologist and taxonomist.
Agelescape is a genus of funnel weavers first described by G. Levy in 1996.
Paracedicus is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the Cybaeidae family, and was first described by Victor R. Fet in 1993. First placed as a subgenus of Cedicus, it was elevated to genus status in 2003.
Paratheuma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1940. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was transferred to the intertidal spiders in 1975, and to the Dictynidae in 2016.
Devade is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1884. Originally placed with the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1983, then to the Dictynidae in 1989.
Deltshevia is a genus of Asian tree trunk spiders that was first described by Yuri M. Marusik & Victor R. Fet in 2009. As of May 2019 it contains only two species: D. danovi and D. gromovi.
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Synaphris is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the Synaphridae family, 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.
Raveniola is a genus of spiders in the Nemesiidae family, first described in 1987 by Zonstein.
Fedotovia is a genus of Asian ground spiders that was first described by Dmitry Kharitonov in 1946.
Synaphosus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1980.
Erigonoplus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
Scutpelecopsis is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Y. M. Marusik & V. A. Gnelitsa in 2009.
Porrhoclubiona is a genus of sac spiders that was first described as a subgenus of Clubiona by H. Lohmander in 1944. Clubiona is a polyphyletic group that has been divided and reorganized many times, and whether this genus is a synonym of Clubiona or an independent genus is still under debate.
Callipelis is a genus of ground spiders containing the single species, Callipelis deserticola. It was first described by Alireza Zamani & Yuri M. Marusik in 2017, and is only found in Iran.
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