| Ocrepeira | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Ocrepeira venustula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Ocrepeira Marx, 1883 [1] |
| Type species | |
| O. ectypa (Walckenaer, 1841) | |
| Species | |
67, see text | |
Ocrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by George Marx in 1883. [2]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains sixty-seven species: [1]
Micrathena, known as spiny orbweavers, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. Micrathena contains more than a hundred species, most of them Neotropical woodland-dwelling species. The name is derived from the Greek "micro", meaning "small", and the goddess Athena.
Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.
Glenognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887. It was considerably revised in 2016.
Mangora is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1889.
Corinna is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1841. They are found in Mexico and south to Brazil, and with selected species found in Africa.
Elaver is a genus of sac spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1898.
Chrysometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. It is a senior synonym of Capichameta.
Eustala is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.
Metazygia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904. They physically resemble members of Nuctenea, but they do not have fine setae on the carapace.
Wagneriana is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904.
Thymoites is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884.
Alpaida is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1889.
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