Theridiosomatidae, commonly known as Ray Spiders, are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1881. The family includes 137 species divided between 20 genera. They are most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs.
Microbianor is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by D. V. Logunov in 2000. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μικρός, meaning "small", and the genus Bianor.
Symphytognathidae is a family of spiders with 90 described species in eight genera. They occur in the tropics of Central and South America and the Australian region. Exceptions include Anapistula benoiti, Anapistula caecula, and Symphytognatha imbulunga, found in Africa, Anapistula ishikawai, found in Japan, and Anapistula jerai, found in Southeast Asia.
Seychellia is a genus of long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 1978.
Coddingtonia is a genus of Asian ray spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller, C. E. Griswold, & C. M. Yin in 2009. It is a senior synonym of Luangnam.
Spinestis is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae, which resembles Tapinesthis and Megaoonops. The genus has a single species, Spinestis nikita. These are found to be distributed in and around the southern shores of Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine.
Andasta is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.
Zoma zoma is a species of ray spider that is endemic to Silhouette Island of Seychelles. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996. To date Zoma only contains its type species Zoma Zoma. The name of Zoma refers to the belt of silvery corpuscles on the abdomen of the type species. Not much is known about males of the species. Females have a total length, not including chelicerae, of 1.79 mm. It is threatened by habitat degradation from invasive plants, such as Cinnamomum verum.
Theoa is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 1995.
Sesato is a monotypic genus of African comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Sesato setosa. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 2006, and is found on the Seychelles.
Spinembolia is a monotypic genus of African comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Spinembolia clabnum. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 2006, and is found on the Seychelles.
Stoda is a monotypic genus of African comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Stoda libudum. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 2006, and is found on the Seychelles.
Menglunia is a monotypic genus of Asian ray spiders containing the single species, Menglunia inaffecta. It was first described by Q. Y. Zhao & S. Q. Li in 2012, and is found in China.
Cuacuba is a genus of Brazilian ray spiders first described by P. H. Prete, I. Cizauskas & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2018. As of April 2019 it contains only two species.
Yamaneta is a small genus of east Asian spurred orb-weavers. It was first described by C. C. Feng, J. A. Miller and Y. C. Lin in 2019, and it has only been found in China. As of February 2022 it contains only two species: Y. kehen and Y. paquini. The type species, Yamaneta paquini, was originally described under the name "Maymena paquini".
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.
Maripanthus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders first described by Wayne Maddison, I. Beattie and K. Marathe in 2020.
Yuri Mikhailovitch Marusik is a Russian arachnologist.
