Synaphris
| Synaphris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Synaphridae |
| Genus: | Synaphris Simon, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| S. letourneuxi (Simon, 1884) | |
| Species | |
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11, see text | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
Synaphris is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Synaphridae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle web spiders, it was moved to the Symphytognathidae in 1973, and to the Synaphridae in 2003.
Distribution
Spiders in this genus are found in North Africa, Madagascar, Canary Islands and from Spain to Iran.
Species
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes eleven species:
- Synaphris agaetensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands
- Synaphris calerensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands
- Synaphris dalmatensis Wunderlich, 1980 – Croatia
- Synaphris franzi Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands
- Synaphris lehtineni Marusik, Gnelitsa & Kovblyuk, 2005 – Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
- Synaphris letourneuxi (Simon, 1884) – Tunisia, Egypt
- Synaphris orientalis Marusik & Lehtinen, 2003 – Turkmenistan, Iran?
- Synaphris saphrynis Lopardo, Hormiga & Melic, 2007 – Spain, Savage Islands?
- Synaphris schlingeri Miller, 2007 – Madagascar
- Synaphris toliara Miller, 2007 – Madagascar
- Synaphris wunderlichi Marusik & Zonstein, 2011 – Israel
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ↑ Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ↑ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 29.
- ↑ Marusik, Y. M.; Lehtinen, P. T. (2003). "Synaphridae Wunderlich, 1986 (Aranei: Araneoidea), a new family status, with a description of a new species from Turkmenistan". Arthropoda Selecta. 11: 144.