Nomisia

Nomisia
	female N. transvaalica
	male N. varia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Nomisia; Dalmas, 1921
Type species
	N. exornata; (C. L. Koch, 1839)
Species
	40, see text

Nomisia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1921.

Species

N. aussereri
N. exornata
N. ripariensis

As of September 2025^[update], this genus includes 40 species:

Nomisia ameretatae Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 – Iran
Nomisia amizmiz Lecigne, 2025 – Morocco
Nomisia aussereri (L. Koch, 1872) – Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China
Nomisia australis Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
Nomisia castanea Dalmas, 1921 – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
Nomisia celerrima (Simon, 1914) – Portugal, Spain, France
Nomisia conigera (Spassky, 1941) – Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Nomisia dalmasi Lessert, 1929 – Congo
Nomisia excerpta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Canary Islands, Middle East
Nomisia exornata (C. L. Koch, 1839) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia (type species)
Nomisia flavimana Denis, 1937 – Algeria
Nomisia fortis Dalmas, 1921 – Canary Islands
Nomisia frenata (Purcell, 1908) – South Africa
Nomisia gomerensis Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Islands
Nomisia graciliembolus Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Islands
Nomisia harpax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – India
Nomisia kabuliana Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan
Nomisia levyi Chatzaki, 2010 – Kosovo, Albania, Greece
Nomisia molendinaria (L. Koch, 1866) – Croatia, Georgia
Nomisia monardi Lessert, 1933 – Angola
Nomisia montenegrina Giltay, 1932 – Montenegro
Nomisia musiva (Simon, 1889) – Canary Islands
Nomisia negebensis Levy, 1995 – Turkey, Israel, Iran, Kazakhstan
Nomisia notia Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
Nomisia orientalis Dalmas, 1921 – Greece, Turkey
Nomisia palaestina (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Tajikistan
Nomisia peloponnesiaca Chatzaki, 2010 – Albania, Greece
Nomisia perpusilla Dalmas, 1921 – Spain
Nomisia poecilipes Caporiacco, 1939 – Ethiopia
Nomisia punctata (Kulczyński, 1901) – Ethiopia
Nomisia recepta (Pavesi, 1880) – Algeria, Tunisia, Italy (mainland, Sicily), Malta, Cyprus
Nomisia ripariensis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Turkey, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan), Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iran
Nomisia satulla (Simon, 1909) – Ethiopia
Nomisia scioana (Pavesi, 1883) – Ethiopia
Nomisia simplex (Kulczyński, 1901) – Ethiopia
Nomisia tingitana Dalmas, 1921 – Morocco
Nomisia transvaalica Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
Nomisia tubula (Tucker, 1923) – Angola, Namibia, South Africa
Nomisia uncinata Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast
Nomisia varia (Tucker, 1923) – Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa

References

1 2 "Gen. Nomisia Dalmas, 1921". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
↑ Dalmas, R. de (1921). "Monographie des araignées de la section des Pterotricha (Aran. Gnaphosidae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 89: 233–328.

External links

Citizen science observations for Nomisia at iNaturalist

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Nomisia Dalmas, 1921". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-09-24.

[Dalm1921-2] Dalmas, R. de (1921). "Monographie des araignées de la section des Pterotricha (Aran. Gnaphosidae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 89: 233–328.

Nomisia

female N. transvaalica

male N. varia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Nomisia Dalmas, 1921
Type species
N. exornata (C. L. Koch, 1839)
Species
40, see text