''Folkia'' is a
genus
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of
Balkan
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woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by J. Kratochvíl in 1970 as subgenus of ''
Stalagtia'',
and elevated to genus status in 1974.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Folkia boudewijni''
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 ...
, 1993 – Croatia
*''
Folkia haasi''
(Reimoser, 1929) – Croatia
*''
Folkia inermis''
(Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1933) (
type
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) – Croatia
*''
Folkia lugens''
Brignoli, 1974 – Greece
*''
Folkia mrazeki''
(Nosek, 1904) – Montenegro
*''
Folkia pauciaculeata''
(Fage, 1943) – Bosnia-Hercegovina
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Folkia subcupressa''
Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993 – Croatia
References
Dysderidae genera
Dysderidae
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