''Aneplasa'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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n
ground spiders
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923,
but might actually be a
junior synonym of ''
Nomisia
''Nomisia'' is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1921.
Species
it contains thirty-nine species:
*'' Nomisia aussereri'' (L. Koch, 1872) – Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Caucasus, Russia ...
''.
Species
it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:
*''
Aneplasa balnearia
''Aneplasa'' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923, but might actually be a junior synonym
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In ...
''
Tucker, 1923 (
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) – South Africa
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Aneplasa borlei
''Aneplasa'' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923, but might actually be a junior synonym of '' Nomisia''.
Species
it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:
*''A ...
''
Lessert, 1933 – Angola
*''
Aneplasa facies
''Aneplasa'' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923, but might actually be a junior synonym of '' Nomisia''.
Species
it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:
*''A ...
''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa interrogationis
''Aneplasa'' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923, but might actually be a junior synonym of '' Nomisia''.
Species
it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:
*''A ...
''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa nigra
''Aneplasa'' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923, but might actually be a junior synonym of '' Nomisia''.
Species
it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:
*''A ...
''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa primaris
''Aneplasa'' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923, but might actually be a junior synonym of '' Nomisia''.
Species
it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:
*''A ...
''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa sculpturata
''Aneplasa'' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923, but might actually be a junior synonym of '' Nomisia''.
Species
it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:
*''A ...
''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa strandi
''Aneplasa'' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923, but might actually be a junior synonym of '' Nomisia''.
Species
it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:
*''A ...
''
Caporiacco
Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist.
Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On t ...
, 1947 – East Africa
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Africa
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