Smionia

Smionia
juvenile female S. lineatipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Smionia Dalmas, 1920 [1]
Type species
S. capensis Dalmas, 1920
Species
S. capensis Dalmas, 1920 S. lineatipes (Purcell, 1908)

Smionia is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1920. ^[2]

Species

As of September 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes two species: ^[1]

• Smionia capensis Dalmas, 1920 – South Africa (type species)
• Smionia lineatipes (Purcell, 1908) – Cabo Verde, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa

References

1. "Genus Smionia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
2. Dalmas, R. de (1920). "Deux nouveaux genres d'araignées de la famille des Gnaphosidae". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1920: 119–124. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.1201.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Smionia at iNaturalist