Biology:Setaphis

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Setaphis is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.[1]

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found from the Mediterranean to the Philippines and parts of Africa.[2]

Species

As of September 2025, this genus includes 23 species:[2]

  • Setaphis algerica (Dalmas, 1922) – Spain, Algeria
  • Setaphis atlantica (Berland, 1936) – Cape Verde
  • Setaphis browni (Tucker, 1923)Central and Southern Africa, Pakistan, India
  • Setaphis canariensis (Simon, 1883) – Canary Islands, Madeira
  • Setaphis carmeli (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Canary Islands, Mediterranean, Iran
  • Setaphis fuscipes (Simon, 1885) – Morocco, Israel
  • Setaphis gomerae (Schmidt, 1981) – Canary Islands, Turkey?
  • Setaphis jocquei Platnick & Murphy, 1996 – Ivory Coast
  • Setaphis makalali FitzPatrick, 2005 – South Africa
  • Setaphis mediterranea Levy, 2009 – Israel
  • Setaphis mollis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Morocco, Egypt, Italy (Sicily), Israel
  • Setaphis murphyi Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Islands
  • Setaphis parvula (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean (type species)
  • Setaphis salrei Schmidt, 1999 – Cape Verde
  • Setaphis sexmaculata Simon, 1893 – South Africa
  • Setaphis simplex (Simon, 1885) – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
  • Setaphis solanensis (Tikader & Gajbe, 1977) – India
  • Setaphis spiribulbis (Denis, 1952) – Morocco
  • Setaphis subtilis (Simon, 1897)West and South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Middle East, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Philippines
  • Setaphis tikaderi (Gajbe, 1993) – India
  • Setaphis villiersi (Denis, 1955) – Niger, Somalia, Ethiopia
  • Setaphis walteri Platnick & Murphy, 1996 – Canary Islands
  • Setaphis wunderlichi Platnick & Murphy, 1996 – Canary Islands

References

  1. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Genus Setaphis". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/986. Retrieved 25 September 2025. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2300864 entry