Dysderina

Dysderina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Dysderina
Simon, 1891

Dysderina is a genus of goblin spider. Its members are found in South America, Africa and the Philippines.[1]

The majority of species was described by Norman I. Platnick et al. in 2013.[2]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 24 species:[1]

  • Dysderina amaca Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013Colombia
  • Dysderina ayo Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
  • Dysderina baehrae Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013Ecuador
  • Dysderina bimucronata Simon, 1893Philippines
  • Dysderina capensis Simon, 1907South Africa
  • Dysderina craigi Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
  • Dysderina cunday Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
  • Dysderina erwini Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Ecuador
  • Dysderina excavata Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Ecuador
  • Dysderina granulosa Simon & Fage, 1922 – East Africa
  • Dysderina insularum Roewer, 1963 – Caroline Islands
  • Dysderina machinator (Keyserling, 1881)Peru
  • Dysderina matamata Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
  • Dysderina perarmata Fage & Simon, 1936Kenya
  • Dysderina principalis (Keyserling, 1881) – Colombia (type species)
  • Dysderina purpurea Simon, 1893 – Philippines
  • Dysderina sacha Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Ecuador
  • Dysderina sasaima Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Colombia
  • Dysderina scutata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)Egypt
  • Dysderina speculifera Simon, 1907 – South Africa, Mozambique
  • Dysderina straba Fage, 1936 – Kenya
  • Dysderina sublaevis Simon, 1907Algeria
  • Dysderina tiputini Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013 – Ecuador
  • Dysderina urucu Platnick, Berniker & Bonaldo, 2013Brazil

References

Encyclopedia of Life entry

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Dysderina Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. ^ Platnick; Berniker; Bonaldo (2013). "The South American goblin spider genera Dysderina and Tridysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae)". American Museum Novitates (3772): 1–52. doi:10.1206/3772.2. hdl:2246/6424. S2CID 83993193.