''Araeoncus'' is a

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of dwarf spiders that was first described by

Eugène Louis Simon Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the

cephalothorax The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...

and a species-specific modification of the tibial apophysis of the

pedipalp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the secondary pair of forward appendages among Chelicerata, chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to ...

Species

it contains thirty-nine species: *'' Araeoncus altissimus'' Simon, 1884 – France, Italy, Azerbaijan *'' Araeoncus anguineus'' ( L. Koch, 1869) – Europe *''

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 ...

'' Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel *'' Araeoncus caucasicus'' Tanasevitch, 1987 – Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia *'' Araeoncus clavatus'' Tanasevitch, 1987 – Turkey, Armenia *''

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 ...

'' Deltshev, 1987 – Bulgaria *''

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 ...

'' Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia *''

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 ...

'' ( Westring, 1861) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) *''

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 ...

'' Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia *''

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 ...

'' Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus *''

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 ...

'' (Simon, 1881) – Spain, France, Italy *''

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 ...

'' Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden *''

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 ...

'' Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum *''

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 ...

'' Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon *''

Araeoncus femineus ''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 ...

'' ( Roewer, 1942) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) *''

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 ...

'' (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan *'' Araeoncus gertschi'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya *'' Araeoncus hanno'' Simon, 1884 – Algeria *''

Araeoncus humilis ''Araeoncus humilis'' is a species of sheet weaver spider. Taxonomy This species was first described as ''Walckenaera humilis'' in 1841 by John Blackwall John Blackwall (20 January 1790 – 11 May 1881) was an English naturalist with a pa ...

'' (Blackwall, 1841) (

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) – Europe, North Africa, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Japan. Introduced to New Zealand *'' Araeoncus hyalinus'' Song & Li, 2010 – China *'' Araeoncus impolitus'' Holm, 1962 – Kenya *'' Araeoncus longispineus'' Song & Li, 2010 – China *'' Araeoncus longiusculus'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia, mainland) *'' Araeoncus macrophthalmus'' Miller, 1970 – Angola *'' Araeoncus malawiensis'' Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi *'' Araeoncus martinae'' Bosmans, 1996 – Morocco, Algeria *'' Araeoncus mitriformis'' Tanasevitch, 2008 – Turkey, Iran *'' Araeoncus obtusus'' Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon *'' Araeoncus picturatus'' Holm, 1962 – Tanzania *'' Araeoncus rhodes'' Tanasevitch, 2011 – Greece (Rhodes) *'' Araeoncus sicanus'' Brignoli, 1979 – Italy (Sicily) *'' Araeoncus subniger'' Holm, 1962 – Kenya *'' Araeoncus tauricus'' Gnelitsa, 2004 – Bulgaria, Greece (Crete), Turkey, Ukraine *'' Araeoncus toubkal'' Bosmans, 1996 – Portugal, Morocco *'' Araeoncus tuberculatus'' Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden *'' Araeoncus vaporariorum'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – France, Italy *'' Araeoncus victorianyanzae''

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, 1936 – Kenya, Tanzania *'' Araeoncus viphyensis'' Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi *'' Araeoncus vorkutensis'' Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan

References

Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Linyphiidae {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

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