Benoitia
Genus of spiders
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Benoitia is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]
| Benoitia | |
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| B. tadzhika | |
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| B. lepida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Benoitia Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. bornemiszai (Caporiacco, 1947) | |
| Species | |
The genus is named after Belgian arachnologist Pierre L. G. Benoit.
Species
B. ocellata from South Africa
female B. ocellata
As of September 2025[update], this genus includes ten species:[1]
- Benoitia agraulosa (Wang & Wang, 1991) – China
- Benoitia bornemiszai (Caporiacco, 1947) – Rwanda, Tanzania (type species)
- Benoitia deserticola (Simon, 1910) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran
- Benoitia ocellata (Pocock, 1900) – Kenya, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- Benoitia raymondeae (Lessert, 1915) – Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa
- Benoitia rhodesiae (Pocock, 1901) – Southern Africa
- Benoitia tadzhika (Andreeva, 1976) – Russia, (Europe)
- Benoitia timida (Audouin, 1826) – Egypt, Israel
- Benoitia upembana (Roewer, 1955) – DR Congo
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