Stegodyphus

Stegodyphus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1873.^[3] They are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with one species (S. manaus) found in Brazil. The name is derived from Ancient Greek στέγω (stegos), meaning "covered".

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At least three species are social spiders,^[4] and several are known to use ballooning as a method of dispersal.^[5]

As of May 2019^[update] it contains twenty species:^[1]

Stegodyphus africanus (Blackwall, 1866) – Africa
Stegodyphus bicolor (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – Southern Africa
Stegodyphus dufouri (Audouin, 1826) – North, West Africa
Stegodyphus dumicola Pocock, 1898 – Central, Southern Africa
Stegodyphus hildebrandti (Karsch, 1878) – Central, East Africa, Zanzibar
Stegodyphus hisarensis Arora & Monga, 1992 – India
Stegodyphus lineatus (Latreille, 1817) (type) – Southern Europe, North Africa to Tajikistan
Stegodyphus lineifrons Pocock, 1898 – East Africa
Stegodyphus manaus Kraus & Kraus, 1992 – Brazil
Stegodyphus manicatus Simon, 1876 – North, West Africa
Stegodyphus mimosarum Pavesi, 1883 – Africa, Madagascar
Stegodyphus mirandus Pocock, 1899 – India
Stegodyphus nathistmus Kraus & Kraus, 1989 – Morocco to Yemen
Stegodyphus pacificus Pocock, 1900 – Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, India
Stegodyphus sabulosus Tullgren, 1910 – East, Southern Africa
Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch, 1892 – India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar
Stegodyphus simplicifrons Simon, 1906 – Madagascar
Stegodyphus tentoriicola Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
Stegodyphus tibialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – India, Myanmar, Thailand, China
Stegodyphus tingelin Kraus & Kraus, 1989 – Cameroon

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