Dysderina

Dysderina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oonopidae
Genus:	Dysderina ; Simon, 1891

Last updated October 19, 2025

Dysderina is a genus of goblin spider. Its members are found in South America, Africa and the Philippines.^[1]

The majority of species was described by Norman I. Platnick et al. in 2013.^[2]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes 24 species:^[1]

Dysderina amaca Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
Dysderina ayo Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
Dysderina baehrae Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Ecuador
Dysderina bimucronata Simon, 1893 – Philippines
Dysderina capensis Simon, 1907 – South Africa
Dysderina craigi Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
Dysderina cunday Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
Dysderina erwini Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Ecuador
Dysderina excavata Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Ecuador
Dysderina granulosa Simon & Fage, 1922 – East Africa
Dysderina insularum Roewer, 1963 – Caroline Islands
Dysderina machinator (Keyserling, 1881) – Peru
Dysderina matamata Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
Dysderina perarmata Fage & Simon, 1936 – Kenya
Dysderina principalis (Keyserling, 1881) – Colombia (type species)
Dysderina purpurea Simon, 1893 – Philippines
Dysderina sacha Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Ecuador
Dysderina sasaima Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
Dysderina scutata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Egypt
Dysderina speculifera Simon, 1907 – South Africa, Mozambique
Dysderina straba Fage, 1936 – Kenya
Dysderina sublaevis Simon, 1907 – Algeria
Dysderina tiputini Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Ecuador
Dysderina urucu Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Brazil

References

Encyclopedia of Life entry

1 2 "Gen. Dysderina Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
↑ Platnick; Berniker; Bonaldo (2013). "The South American goblin spider genera Dysderina and Tridysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae)". American Museum Novitates (3772): 1–52. doi:10.1206/3772.2. hdl:2246/6424. S2CID 83993193.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Dysderina Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.

[Platnick2013-2] Platnick; Berniker; Bonaldo (2013). "The South American goblin spider genera Dysderina and Tridysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae)". American Museum Novitates (3772): 1–52. doi:10.1206/3772.2. hdl:2246/6424. S2CID 83993193.

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