''Malthonica'' 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

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...

in 1898. Many of its species were transferred to ''

Aterigena ''Aterigena'' is a genus of Agelenidae, funnel weavers first described by A. Bolzern, A. Hänggi & D. Burckhardt in 2010. The name is an anagram of ''Tegenaria''. It was created in 2010 for a group of ''Tegenaria'' and ''Malthonica'' species that ...

'' and ''

Tegenaria ''Tegenaria'' is a genus of fast-running funnel weavers that occupy much of the Northern Hemisphere except for Japan and Indonesia. It was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, though many of its species have been moved elsewhere. ...

'' in 2010.

Species

it contains four species: *'' Malthonica africana'' Simon & Fage, 1922 – East Africa *'' Malthonica daedali'' Brignoli, 1980 – Greece (Crete) *'' Malthonica lusitanica'' Simon, 1898 – Portugal to France *'' Malthonica oceanica'' Barrientos & Cardoso, 2007 – Portugal

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Agelenidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Agelenidae-stub