List of Desidae species

This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Desidae. As of November 2024, the World Spider Catalog accepts 324 species in 63 genera:[1]

A

Akatorea

Akatorea Forster & Wilton, 1973

Amphinecta

Amphinecta Simon, 1898

Austmusia

Austmusia Gray, 1983

  • Austmusia kioloa Gray, 1983 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Austmusia lindi Gray, 1983 — Australia (Victoria)
  • Austmusia wilsoni Gray, 1983 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

B

Badumna

Badumna
Black House Spider
(Badumna insignis)

Badumna Thorell, 1890

  • Badumna arguta (Simon, 1906) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Badumna bimetallica (Hogg, 1896) — Central Australia
  • Badumna exilis Thorell, 1890 — Indonesia (Java)
  • Badumna exsiccata (Strand, 1913) — Australia
  • Badumna guttipes (Simon, 1906) — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
  • Badumna hirsuta Thorell, 1890 (type) — Indonesia (Java)
  • Badumna hygrophila (Simon, 1902) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Badumna insignis (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia. Introducded to Japan, New Zealand
  • Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) — Eastern Australia. Introduced to USA, Mexico, Uruguay, Japan, New Zealand
  • Badumna maculata (Rainbow, 1916) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Badumna microps (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Badumna pilosa (Hogg, 1900) — Australia (Victoria)
  • Badumna scalaris (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland, central Australia)
  • Badumna senilella (Strand, 1907) — Australia
  • Badumna socialis (Rainbow, 1905) — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Badumna tangae Zhu, Zhang & Yang, 2006 — China

Baiami

Baiami Lehtinen, 1967

  • Baiami brockmani Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Baiami glenelgi Gray, 1981 — Australia (Victoria)
  • Baiami loftyensis Gray, 1981 — Australia (South Australia)
  • Baiami montana Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Baiami stirlingi Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Baiami storeniformis (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Baiami tegenarioides (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Baiami torbayensis Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Baiami volucripes (Simon, 1908) (type) — Australia (Western Australia)

Bakala

Bakala Davies, 1990

Barahna

Barahna Davies, 2003

  • Barahna booloumba Davies, 2003 (type) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Barahna brooyar Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Barahna glenelg Davies, 2003 — Australia (Victoria)
  • Barahna myall Davies, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Barahna scoria Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Barahna taroom Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Barahna toonumbar Davies, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Barahna yeppoon Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

Buyina

Buyina Davies, 1998

  • Buyina halifax Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Buyina yeatesi Davies, 1998 — Australia (Queensland)

C

Calacadia

Calacadia Exline, 1960

  • Calacadia ambigua (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
  • Calacadia chilensis Exline, 1960 (type) — Chile
  • Calacadia dentifera (Tullgren, 1902) — Chile
  • Calacadia livens (Simon, 1902) — Chile
  • Calacadia osorno Exline, 1960 — Chile
  • Calacadia radulifera (Simon, 1902) — Chile
  • Calacadia rossi Exline, 1960 — Chile

Cambridgea

Cambridgea L. Koch, 1872

Canala

Canala Gray, 1992

  • Canala longipes (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
  • Canala magna (Berland, 1924) (type) — New Caledonia
  • Canala poya Gray, 1992 — New Caledonia

Cedicoides

Cedicoides Charitonov, 1946

  • Cedicoides maerens (Simon, 1889) — Turkmenistan
  • Cedicoides parthus (Fet, 1993) — Turkmenistan
  • Cedicoides pavlovskyi (Spassky, 1941) — Tajikistan
  • Cedicoides simoni (Charitonov, 1946) (type) — Uzbekistan

Cedicus

Cedicus Simon, 1875

  • Cedicus bucculentus Simon, 1889 — Himalayas
  • Cedicus dubius Strand, 1907 — Japan
  • Cedicus flavipes Simon, 1875 (type) — Eastern Mediterranean
  • Cedicus israeliensis Levy, 1996 — Turkey, Israel
  • Cedicus pumilus Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar

Cicirra

Cicirra Simon, 1886

Colcarteria

Colcarteria Gray, 1992

  • Colcarteria carrai Gray, 1992 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Colcarteria kempseyi Gray, 1992 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Colcarteria yessabah Gray, 1992 — Australia (New South Wales)

Corasoides

Corasoides Butler, 1929

  • Corasoides angusi Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
  • Corasoides australis Butler, 1929 (type) — Australia
  • Corasoides cowanae Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
  • Corasoides motumae Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Corasoides mouldsi Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Corasoides nebula Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
  • Corasoides nimbus Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
  • Corasoides occidentalis Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Corasoides stellaris Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
  • Corasoides terania Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

Cunnawarra

Cunnawarra Davies, 1998

  • Cunnawarra cassisi Davies, 1998 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Cunnawarra grayi Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

D

Desis

Desis
Desis japonica, male

Desis Walckenaer, 1837

  • Desis bobmarleyi Baehr, Raven & Harms, 2017 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Desis crosslandi Pocock, 1903 — Tanzania (Zanzibar), Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte
  • Desis formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) — South Africa
  • Desis galapagoensis Hirst, 1925 — Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • Desis gardineri Pocock, 1904 — India (Laccadive Is.)
  • Desis inermis Gravely, 1927 — India
  • Desis japonica Yaginuma, 1956 — Japan
  • Desis jiaxiangi Lin, Li & Chen, 2020 — China
  • Desis kenyonae Pocock, 1902 — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
  • Desis marina (Hector, 1877) — New Caledonia, New Zealand (mainland, Chatham Is.)
  • Desis martensi L. Koch, 1872 — Malaysia
  • Desis maxillosa (Fabricius, 1793) (type) — New Guinea, New Caledonia
  • Desis risbeci Berland, 1931 — New Caledonia
  • Desis tangana Roewer, 1955 — East Africa
  • Desis vorax L. Koch, 1872 — Samoa

Dunstanoides

Dunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989

E

Epimecinus

Epimecinus Simon, 1908

  • Epimecinus alkirna Gray, 1973 — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Epimecinus humilis Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
  • Epimecinus nexibilis (Simon, 1906) (type) — New Caledonia
  • Epimecinus pullatus (Simon, 1906) — New Caledonia

F

Forsterina

Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967

  • Forsterina alticola (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
  • Forsterina annulipes (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
  • Forsterina armigera (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Forsterina cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908) (type) — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Forsterina koghiana Gray, 1992 — New Caledonia
  • Forsterina segestrina (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Forsterina velifera (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Forsterina virgosa (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Forsterina vultuosa (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)

G

Goyenia

Goyenia Forster, 1970

H

Helsonia

Helsonia Forster, 1970

Holomamoea

Holomamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973

Huara

Huara Forster, 1964

I

Ischalea

Ischalea L. Koch, 1872

  • Ischalea incerta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) — Madagascar
  • Ischalea longiceps Simon, 1898 — Mauritius
  • Ischalea spinipes L. Koch, 1872 (type) — New Zealand

J

Jalkaraburra

Jalkaraburra Davies, 1998

K

Keera

Keera Davies, 1998

L

Lathyarcha

Lathyarcha Simon, 1908

  • Lathyarcha cinctipes (Simon, 1906) — Australia (Victoria)
  • Lathyarcha inornata (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Lathyarcha tetrica Simon, 1908 (type) — Australia (Western Australia)

M

Magua

Magua Davies, 1998

Makora

Makora Forster & Wilton, 1973

Mamoea

Mamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973

Mangareia

Mangareia Forster, 1970

Maniho

Maniho Marples, 1959

Manjala

Manjala Davies, 1990

  • Manjala pallida Davies, 1990 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Manjala plana Davies, 1990 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Manjala spinosa Davies, 1990 — Australia (Queensland)

Matachia

Matachia Dalmas, 1917

Mesudus

Mesudus Özdikmen, 2007

Metaltella

Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931

  • Metaltella arcoiris (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Chile
  • Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) (type) — Brazil, Argentina
  • Metaltella imitans (Mello-Leitão, 1940) — Argentina
  • Metaltella rorulenta (Nicolet, 1849) — Peru, Chile, Argentina
  • Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) — Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Introduced to USA, Canada
  • Metaltella tigrina (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Argentina

N

Namandia

Namandia Lehtinen, 1967

Nanocambridgea

Nanocambridgea

Nanocambridgea Forster & Wilton, 1973

Neororea

Neororea Forster & Wilton, 1973

Notomatachia

Notomatachia Forster, 1970

Nuisiana

Nuisiana Forster & Wilton, 1973

O

Oparara

Oparara Forster & Wilton, 1973

P

Panoa

Panoa Forster, 1970

Paracedicus

Paracedicus Simon, 1875

  • Paracedicus baram Levy, 2007 — Turkey, Israel
  • Paracedicus darvishi Mirshamsi, 2018 — Iran
  • Paracedicus ephthalitus (Fet, 1993) (type) — Turkmenistan
  • Paracedicus feti Marusik & Guseinov, 2003 — Azerbaijan
  • Paracedicus gennadii (Fet, 1993) — Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
  • Paracedicus geshur Levy, 2007 — Israel
  • Paracedicus kasatkini Zamani & Marusik, 2017 — Iran
  • Paracedicus turcicus Gündüz, 2023 — Turkey

Paramamoea

Paramamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973

Paramatachia

Paramatachia Dalmas, 1918

  • Paramatachia ashtonensis Marples, 1962 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Paramatachia cataracta Marples, 1962 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Paramatachia decorata Dalmas, 1918 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Paramatachia media Marples, 1962 — Australia (Victoria)
  • Paramatachia tubicola (Hickman, 1950) — Australia (South Australia, Tasmania)

Penaoola

Penaoola Davies, 1998

  • Penaoola algida Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (South Australia)
  • Penaoola madida Davies, 1998 — Australia (South Australia)

Phryganoporus

Phryganoporus Simon, 1908

  • Phryganoporus candidus (L. Koch, 1872) (type) — Australia (mainland, Norfolk Is.)
  • Phryganoporus davidleei Gray, 2002 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
  • Phryganoporus melanopygus Gray, 2002 — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Phryganoporus nigrinus Simon, 1908 — Australia (Western Australia to Queensland)
  • Phryganoporus vandiemeni (Gray, 1983) — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)

Pitonga

Pitonga Davies, 1984

Poaka

Poaka Forster & Wilton, 1973

Porteria

Porteria Simon, 1904

Q

Quemusia

Quemusia Davies, 1998

  • Quemusia aquilonia Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Quemusia austrina Davies, 1998 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Quemusia cordillera Davies, 1998 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • Quemusia raveni Davies, 1998 — Australia (Queensland)

R

Rangitata

Rangitata Forster & Wilton, 1973

Rapua

Rapua Forster, 1970

Reinga

Reinga Forster & Wilton, 1973

Rorea

Rorea Forster & Wilton, 1973

S

Syrorisa

Syrorisa Simon, 1908

T

Tanganoides

Tanganoides Davies, 2005

  • Tanganoides acutus (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tanganoides clarkei (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tanganoides collinus (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tanganoides greeni (Davies, 2003) (type) — Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tanganoides harveyi (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Victoria)
  • Tanganoides mcpartlan (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)

Taurongia

Taurongia Hogg, 1901

  • Taurongia ambigua Gray, 2005 — Australia (Victoria)
  • Taurongia punctata (Hogg, 1900) (type) — Australia (Victoria)

Tuakana

Tuakana Forster, 1970

W

Waterea

Waterea Forster & Wilton, 1973

References

  1. ^ "Family: Desidae Pocock, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-02.