''Araeoncus'' is a
genus of
dwarf spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the
cephalothorax
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and a species-specific modification of the
tibial apophysis of the
pedipalp.
Species
it contains thirty-nine species:
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Araeoncus altissimus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Simon, 1884 – France, Italy, Azerbaijan
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Araeoncus anguineus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of Linyphiidae, dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a speci ...
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( L. Koch, 1869) – Europe
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Araeoncus banias
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel
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Araeoncus caucasicus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tanasevitch, 1987 – Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia
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Araeoncus clavatus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tanasevitch, 1987 – Turkey, Armenia
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Araeoncus clivifrons
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Deltshev, 1987 – Bulgaria
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Araeoncus convexus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia
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Araeoncus crassiceps
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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( Westring, 1861) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
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Araeoncus curvatus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia
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Araeoncus cypriacus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus
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Araeoncus discedens
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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(Simon, 1881) – Spain, France, Italy
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Araeoncus dispar
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden
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Araeoncus duriusculus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
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Araeoncus etinde
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
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Araeoncus femineus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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( Roewer, 1942) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
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Araeoncus galeriformis
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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(Tanasevitch, 1987) – Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan
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Araeoncus gertschi
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
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Araeoncus hanno
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Simon, 1884 – Algeria
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Araeoncus humilis
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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) – Europe, North Africa, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Japan. Introduced to New Zealand
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Araeoncus hyalinus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Song & Li, 2010 – China
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Araeoncus impolitus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Holm, 1962 – Kenya
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Araeoncus longispineus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Song & Li, 2010 – China
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Araeoncus longiusculus''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge
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, 1875) – France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia, mainland)
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Araeoncus macrophthalmus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Miller, 1970 – Angola
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Araeoncus malawiensis
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi
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Araeoncus martinae
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Bosmans, 1996 – Morocco, Algeria
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Araeoncus mitriformis''
Tanasevitch, 2008 – Turkey, Iran
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Araeoncus obtusus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
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Araeoncus picturatus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Holm, 1962 – Tanzania
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Araeoncus rhodes
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tanasevitch, 2011 – Greece (Rhodes)
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Araeoncus sicanus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Brignoli, 1979 – Italy (Sicily)
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Araeoncus subniger''
Holm, 1962 – Kenya
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Araeoncus tauricus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Gnelitsa, 2004 – Bulgaria, Greece (Crete), Turkey, Ukraine
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Araeoncus toubkal
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Bosmans, 1996 – Portugal, Morocco
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Araeoncus tuberculatus
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden
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Araeoncus vaporariorum
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – France, Italy
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Araeoncus victorianyanzae
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Berland, 1936 – Kenya, Tanzania
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Araeoncus viphyensis
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi
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Araeoncus vorkutensis
''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...
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Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
See also
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List of Linyphiidae species
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Linyphiidae
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