''Synaphosus'' 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
ground spiders that was first described by
Norman I. Platnick
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and Arachnology, arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History#Richard Gilder Gradua ...
& M. U. Shadab in 1980.
Species
it contains thirty-two species:
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Synaphosus cangshanus''
Yang, Yang & Zhang, 2013 – China
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Synaphosus daweiensis''
Yin, Bao & Peng, 2002 – China
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Synaphosus dubius''
Marusik & Omelko, 2018 – Thailand
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Synaphosus evertsi''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Ivory Coast, Indonesia (Bali), Philippines
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Synaphosus femininis''
Deeleman-Reinhold
Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold (23 November 1930 – 26 March 2025) was a Dutch arachnologist. She specialized in spiders from Southeast Asia and Southern Europe, particularly cave-dwelling and tropical spiders. She donated a collection of ...
, 2001 – China, Laos, Indonesia (Java)
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Synaphosus gracillimus''
( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Egypt, Israel
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Synaphosus intricatus''
(Denis, 1947) – Algeria, Egypt
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Synaphosus iunctus''
Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018 – India
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Synaphosus jaegeri''
Marusik & Omelko, 2018 – Laos
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Synaphosus kakamega''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Kenya
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Synaphosus karakumensis''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Turkmenistan
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Synaphosus khashm''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Saudi Arabia
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Synaphosus lehtineni''
Marusik & Omelko, 2018 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
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Synaphosus makhambetensis''
Ponomarev, 2008 – Kazakhstan
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Synaphosus minimus''
( Caporiacco, 1936) – Libya, Egypt
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Synaphosus mongolicus''
Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Mongolia
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Synaphosus nanus''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel
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Synaphosus neali''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Iran, Pakistan
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Synaphosus ovtsharenkoi''
Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Mongolia
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Synaphosus palearcticus''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Greece, Turkey to Central Asia
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Synaphosus paludis''
(Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940) – USA
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Synaphosus raveni''
Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Thailand
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Synaphosus saidovi''
Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Tajikistan
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Synaphosus sauvage''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy
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Synaphosus shirin''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Cyprus, Iran
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Synaphosus shmakovi''
Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Mongolia
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Synaphosus soyunovi''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Turkmenistan
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Synaphosus syntheticus''
(Chamberlin, 1924) (
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) – Libya, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia. Introduced to USA, Mexico
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Synaphosus taukum''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Kazakhstan
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Synaphosus trichopus''
( Roewer, 1928) – Greece, Crete
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Synaphosus turanicus''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Central Asia
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Synaphosus yatenga''
Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 – Burkina Faso
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of North America
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