''Benoitia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
funnel weavers first described by
Pekka T. Lehtinen
Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated.
Biography
Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...
in 1967.
Species
, the
World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature.
The WSC began as a series of ...
accepted 10 species:
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Benoitia agraulosa''
(Wang & Wang, 1991) – China
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Benoitia bornemiszai''
(Caporiacco, 1947) (
type
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) – East Africa
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Benoitia deserticola''
(Simon, 1910) – Namibia, Botswana
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Benoitia lepida''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran
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Benoitia ocellata''
(Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
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Benoitia raymondeae''
(Lessert, 1915) – East Africa
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Benoitia rhodesiae''
(Pocock, 1901) – Southern Africa
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Benoitia tadzhika''
(Andreeva, 1976) – European Russia to Central Asia
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Benoitia timida''
(Audouin, 1826) – Egypt, Israel
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Benoitia upembana''
(Roewer, 1955) – Congo
References
External links
Agelenidae
Agelenidae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
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