Biology:Benoitia
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Benoitia is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[1]
The genus is named after Belgian arachnologist Pierre L. G. Benoit.
Species
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B. ocellata from South Africa -
female B. ocellata
As of September 2025[update], this genus includes ten species:[2]
- Benoitia agraulosa (Wang & Wang, 1991) – China
- Benoitia bornemiszai (Caporiacco, 1947) – Rwanda, Tanzania (type species)
- Benoitia deserticola (Simon, 1910) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran
- Benoitia ocellata (Pocock, 1900) – Kenya, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- Benoitia raymondeae (Lessert, 1915) – Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa
- Benoitia rhodesiae (Pocock, 1901) – Southern Africa
- Benoitia tadzhika (Andreeva, 1976) – Russia, (Europe)
- Benoitia timida (Audouin, 1826) – Egypt, Israel
- Benoitia upembana (Roewer, 1955) – DR Congo
References
- ↑ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199–468.
- ↑ "Genus Benoitia". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/16. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q2896401 entry
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