Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-set radii and spirals with no signal line or retreat. Some species are often found in long vegetation near water.
Depreissia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by R. de Lessert in 1942. As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only in the Congo and on Borneo: D. decipiens and D. myrmex.
Meleon is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.
Pellolessertia is a monotypic genus of African jumping spiders containing the single species, Pellolessertia castanea. It was first described in 1927, and is only found in Africa. Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué gave the distribution range as Zad're to Ethiopia.
Schenkelia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by R. de Lessert in 1927.
Neoscona, known as spotted orb-weavers and barn spiders, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders (Araneidae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to separate these from other araneids in the now obsolete genus Epeira. The name Neoscona was derived from the Greek νέω, meaning "spin", and σχοῖνος, meaning "reed" They have a mostly pantropical distribution and one species, Neoscona adianta, has a palearctic distribution. As of April 2019 there are eight species that can be found in the United States and Canada:
Runcinia is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1875. The former R. elongata is a synonym of Thomisus elongatus.
Smeringopus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.
Merenius is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1910.
Trogloctenus is a genus of wandering spiders first described by R. de Lessert in 1935. As of April 2019 it contains only two species: T. briali and T. fagei. Originally placed as a subgenus of Ctenus, it was raised to genus status in 1967.
Ancylotrypa is a genus of African wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1953.
Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910.
Mahembea is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Mahembea hewitti. It was first created by M. Grasshoff in 1970 to separate this species from its original genus, Larinia. It has only been found in Central and East Africa.
Paralarinia is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970.
Heterogriffus is a monotypic genus of African crab spiders containing the single species, Heterogriffus berlandi. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1976, and is found in Africa.
Hewittia is a monotypic genus of African crab spiders containing the single species, Hewittia gracilis. It was first described by R. de Lessert in 1928, and is found in the Congo.
Cispius is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.
Jocquestus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by R. Lyle & C. R. Haddad in 2018.
Acontius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
Firmicus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.
