| Spermophora | |
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| Male shortbodied cellar spider (Spermophora senoculata) from the United States | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Spermophora Hentz, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| S. senoculata (Dugès, 1836) | |
| Species | |
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45, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spermophora is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1841.
Species
As of December 2022 it contains 45 species, found in Africa, Europe, Oceania, Asia, the United States, and Brazil:
- Spermophora abibae Huber, 2014 – Congo
- Spermophora akwamu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Ghana, Gabon
- Spermophora awalai Huber, 2014 – Cameroon
- Spermophora berlandi Fage, 1936 – Kenya
- Spermophora bukusu Huber & Warui, 2012 – Kenya, Uganda
- Spermophora deelemanae Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Ambon)
- Spermophora dieke Huber, 2009 – Guinea
- Spermophora dumoga Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Spermophora estebani Simon, 1892 – Philippines
- Spermophora falcata Yao & Li, 2013 – Laos
- Spermophora gordimerae Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Spermophora jocquei Huber, 2003 – Comoros, Mayotte
- Spermophora kaindi Huber, 2005 – New Guinea
- Spermophora kerinci Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Sumatra, Bali). Introduced to Germany
- Spermophora kirinyaga Huber & Warui, 2012 – Kenya
- Spermophora kivu Huber, 2003 – Congo
- Spermophora kyambura Huber & Warui, 2012 – Cameroon to Uganda
- Spermophora lambilloni Huber, 2003 – Comoros
- Spermophora luzonica Huber, 2005 – Philippines
- Spermophora maathaiae Huber & Warui, 2012 – Kenya
- Spermophora maculata Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
- Spermophora maros Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Spermophora masisiwe Huber, 2003 – Tanzania
- Spermophora mau Huber & Warui, 2012 – Kenya
- Spermophora minotaura Berland, 1920 – East Africa
- Spermophora morogoro Huber, 2003 – Tanzania
- Spermophora palau Huber, 2005 – Caroline Is.
- Spermophora paluma Huber, 2001 – Australia (Queensland)
- Spermophora pembai Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Spermophora peninsulae Lawrence, 1964 – South Africa
- Spermophora persica Senglet, 2008 – Iran
- Spermophora ranomafana Huber, 2003 – Madagascar
- Spermophora sangarawe Huber, 2003 – Tanzania
- Spermophora schoemanae Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836) (type) – Middle East. Introduced to USA, southern Europe, China, Korea, Japan
- Spermophora senoculatoides Senglet, 2008 – Iran
- Spermophora sumbawa Huber, 2005 – Indonesia (Sunda Is.)
- Spermophora suurbraak Huber, 2003 – South Africa
- Spermophora thorelli Roewer, 1942 – Myanmar
- Spermophora tonkoui Huber, 2003 – Guinea, Ivory Coast
- Spermophora tumbang Huber, 2005 – Borneo
- Spermophora usambara Huber, 2003 – Tanzania
- Spermophora vyvato Huber, 2003 – Madagascar
- Spermophora yao Huber, 2001 – Australia (Queensland)
- Spermophora ziama Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Guinea
See also
References
- ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Spermophora Hentz, 1841". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- Yaginuma, T. (1974). "The spider fauna of Japan (IV)". Faculty of Letters Revue, Otemon Gakuin University. 8: 170.
- Hentz, N. M. (1841). "Description of an American spider, constituting a new sub-genus of the tribe Inaequiteloe of Latreille". Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts. 41: 115–117.
External links
Data related to Spermophora at Wikispecies
Media related to Spermophora at Wikimedia Commons
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