Oonopidae, also known as goblin spiders, is a family of spiders consisting of over 1,600 described species in about 113 genera worldwide, with total species diversity estimated at 2000 to 2500 species. The type genus of the family is OonopsKeyserling, 1835.
Ischnothyreus is a genus of oonopid spiders generally between 1.25 and 2.25 mm long. They have six eyes; in at least the species I. peltifer and I. omus, the males have a curious knob or hook at the base of the fang.
Flexicrurum is a genus of spiders from China similar to the genera Althepus and Leclercera. Tong and Li originally placed the genus in Ochyroceratidae Still, Tong later moved it to Psilodercidae. Males are generally smaller than 2 mm, but the size of females is unknown. The name is derived from the Latin flex "curved", and crur "leg", referring to the inner turned palpal tibia of the male. As of 2019 three described species have been found in caves of Hainan Island.
Bannana is a genus of goblin spiders native to Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, where it lives in the leaf-litter of tropical rainforest. There are two known species: Bannana crassispina and B. parvula, both described in 2015. Individuals are pale yellow and unpatterned, and range from around 1.0 to 1.8 mm in body length, with females being slightly larger than males. The eyes are reduced or entirely absent. Known only from a nature reserve in Xishuangbanna, Bannana belongs to a group of Asian goblin spiders known as the "Dysderoides complex", that ranges from China to Pakistan and south to Indonesia.
Speocera is a genus of six eyed spiders in the family Ochyroceratidae.
Xestaspis is a genus of goblin spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
Rhyssoleptoneta is a genus of East Asian leptonetids containing 2 species, Rhyssoleptoneta latitarsa and Rhyssoleptoneta aosen. It was first described by Y. F. Tong & S. Q. Li in 2007, and has only been found in China. The male of the type species was first described in 2007, and the female was first described in 2012.
Trilacuna is a genus of goblin spiders native to Southeast Asia, first described by Tong & Li in 2007. They look similar to members of Silhouettella, but males can be distinguished by their large palpal femur, among several other more complicated defining features. The name is a combination of the Latin terms "tri" and "lacuna", referring to the three-branched endites in males and the three-notched labium in females.
Xyphinus is a genus of goblin spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.
Lehtinenia is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by Y. F. Tong & S. Q. Li in 2008. As of September 2019 it contains three species, found in Asia: L. arcus, L. bicornis, and L. bisulcus. It is named in honor of Pekka T. Lehtinen.
Psilodercidae is a family of spiders first described as a subfamily of Ochyroceratidae by Machado in 1951 and raised to family rank by J. Wunderlich in 2008. These spiders can be distinguished by the "segestriid positioning" of their six eyes, the absence of leg bristles, strong apical bristles on the cymbium, and several pairs of spermathecae in females.
Sinoderces is a genus of spiders from Thailand in the family Psilodercidae first described in 2017.
Kachinia is a small genus of southeast Asian goblin spiders. It was first described by Y. F. Tong, H. F. Chen and S. J. Liu in 2018, and it has only been found in Myanmar. As of April 2022 it contains only two species: K. mahmolae and K. putao.
Shuqiang Li is a Chinese arachnologist and a professor at the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Li is best known for his work with spiders and has described hundreds of new species and many genera. He is Editor in Chief of the journal Zoological Systematics.
Jingneta is a genus of east Asian leptonetids. It was first described by C. X. Wang, S. Q. Li and Ming-Sheng Zhu in 2020, and it has only been found in China. The type species, Jingneta cornea, was originally described under the name "Leptoneta cornea".
Paramolotra is a small genus of east Asian goblin spiders. It was first described by W. H. Cheng, D. J. Bian and Y. F. Tong in 2021, and it has only been found in China. As of February 2022 it contains only two species: P. metok and P. pome.
Promolotra is a small genus of southeast Asian goblin spiders. It was first described by Y. F. Tong and S. Q. Li in 2020, and it has only been found in Myanmar. As of March 2022 it contains only two species: P. hponkanrazi and P. shankhaung.
