Benoitia

Benoitia
B. tadzhika
B. lepida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Benoitia
Lehtinen, 1967
Type species
B. bornemiszai
(Caporiacco, 1947)
Species

See text.

Benoitia is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.

The genus is named after Belgian arachnologist Pierre L. G. Benoit.

Species

As of October 2026, this genus includes ten species:

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus Benoitia". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.