Pelecopsis

Pelecopsis
P. nemoralis
P. inedita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Pelecopsis
Simon, 1864[1]
Type species
P. elongata
(Wider, 1834)
Species

90, see text

Synonyms[1]

Pelecopsis is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864.[4][5]

Most species are found in Africa, Europe and Asia, with endemic to North America.[1]

Species

  • P. bucephala
  • P. elongata
  • P. inedita

As of October 2025, this genus includes ninety species and four subspecies:[1]

  • Pelecopsis agaetensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands
  • Pelecopsis albifrons Holm, 1979 – Kenya
  • Pelecopsis alpica Thaler, 1991 – Alps (Switzerland, Austria, Italy)
  • Pelecopsis alticola (Berland, 1936) – Kenya
    • P. a. elgonensis (Holm, 1962) – Uganda
    • P. a. kenyensis (Holm, 1962) – Kenya
    • P. a. kivuensis (Miller, 1970) – DR Congo
  • Pelecopsis amabilis (Simon, 1884) – Algeria
  • Pelecopsis arsi Tanasevitch, 2023 – Ethiopia
  • Pelecopsis aureipes Denis, 1962 – Morocco
  • Pelecopsis biceps (Holm, 1962) – Tanzania
  • Pelecopsis bicornuta Hillyard, 1980 – Portugal, Spain, Morocco
  • Pelecopsis bigibba Seo, 2018 – Korea
  • Pelecopsis bishopi Kaston, 1945 – Canada, United States
  • Pelecopsis brunea Seo, 2018 – Korea
  • Pelecopsis bucephala (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Western Mediterranean
  • Pelecopsis capitata (Simon, 1884) – France
  • Pelecopsis cedricola Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria
  • Pelecopsis coccinea (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Spain, Morocco
  • Pelecopsis crassipes Tanasevitch, 1987 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)
  • Pelecopsis denisi Brignoli, 1983 – Pyrenees (Andorra, France)
  • Pelecopsis digitulus Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria, France (Corsica), Italy
  • Pelecopsis dorniana Heimer, 1987 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far North East), Mongolia
  • Pelecopsis elongata (Wider, 1834) – Europe, Turkey, Israel (type species)
  • Pelecopsis eminula (Simon, 1884) – Italy, Spain?
  • Pelecopsis flava Holm, 1962 – Uganda, Congo
  • Pelecopsis fornicata Miller, 1970 – Congo
  • Pelecopsis fulva Holm, 1962 – Uganda
  • Pelecopsis hamata Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
  • Pelecopsis hillyardi Wunderlich, 2024 – Portugal
  • Pelecopsis hipporegia (Denis, 1968) – Algeria, Tunisia
  • Pelecopsis humiliceps Holm, 1979 – Kenya, Uganda
  • Pelecopsis indus Tanasevitch, 2011 – Pakistan, India
  • Pelecopsis inedita (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Canary Islands, Mediterranean
  • Pelecopsis infusca Holm, 1962 – Uganda
  • Pelecopsis intricata Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
  • Pelecopsis janus Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Pelecopsis kabyliana Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria
  • Pelecopsis kalaensis Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria
  • Pelecopsis laptevi Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986 – North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
  • Pelecopsis leonina (Simon, 1884) – Algeria
  • Pelecopsis levantensis Tanasevitch, 2016 – Israel
  • Pelecopsis litoralis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands
  • Pelecopsis loksai Szinetár & Samu, 2003 – Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria
  • Pelecopsis lunaris Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Algeria
  • Pelecopsis major (Denis, 1945) – Algeria
  • Pelecopsis malawiensis Jocqué, 1977 – Malawi
  • Pelecopsis margaretae Georgescu, 1975 – Romania
  • Pelecopsis medusoides Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
  • Pelecopsis mengei (Simon, 1884) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan
  • Pelecopsis minor Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia
  • Pelecopsis modica Hillyard, 1980 – Spain, Morocco
  • Pelecopsis moesta (Banks, 1892) – Canada, United States
  • Pelecopsis monsantensis Bosmans & Crespo, 2010 – Portugal, Spain
  • Pelecopsis moschensis (Caporiacco, 1947) – Tanzania
  • Pelecopsis mutica Denis, 1958 – France
  • Pelecopsis nigriceps Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda
  • Pelecopsis nigroloba Fei, Gao & Zhu, 1995 – Russia (Far East), China
  • Pelecopsis odontophora (Kulczyński, 1895) – Georgia
  • Pelecopsis oranensis (Simon, 1884) – Morocco, Algeria
  • Pelecopsis oujda Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Morocco, Algeria
  • Pelecopsis pakistanicus Tanasevitch, 2025 – Pakistan
  • Pelecopsis palmgreni Marusik & Esyunin, 1998 – Russia (Central Asia, South Siberia), Kazakhstan
  • Pelecopsis papillii Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Pelecopsis parallela (Wider, 1834) – Azores, Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Georgia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan
  • Pelecopsis paralleloides Tanasevitch & Fet, 1986 – Central Asia
  • Pelecopsis partita Denis, 1954 – France
  • Pelecopsis parvicollis Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia
  • Pelecopsis parvioculis Miller, 1970 – Angola
  • Pelecopsis pasteuri (Berland, 1936) – Kenya, Tanzania
  • Pelecopsis pavesii Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 – Tunisia
  • Pelecopsis pavida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Greece, Israel
  • Pelecopsis physeter (Fage, 1936) – Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Pelecopsis pooti Bosmans & Jocqué, 1993 – Spain
  • Pelecopsis proclinata Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
  • Pelecopsis punctilineata Holm, 1964 – Congo, Rwanda
  • Pelecopsis punctiseriata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
  • Pelecopsis radicicola (L. Koch, 1872) – Europe
  • Pelecopsis reclinata (Holm, 1962) – Kenya, Uganda
  • Pelecopsis riffensis Bosmans & Abrous, 1992 – Morocco
  • Pelecopsis robusta Weiss, 1990 – Romania
  • Pelecopsis ruwenzoriensis (Holm, 1962) – Uganda
  • Pelecopsis sanje Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
  • Pelecopsis sculpta (Emerton, 1917) – Alaska, Canada
    • P. s. digna Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 – United States
  • Pelecopsis senecicola Holm, 1962 – Uganda
  • Pelecopsis seoi Blick & Sherwood, 2021 – Korea
  • Pelecopsis subflava Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
  • Pelecopsis suilla (Simon, 1884) – Algeria
  • Pelecopsis tenuipalpis Holm, 1979 – Uganda
  • Pelecopsis topcui (Türkeş, Karabulut, Demir & Seyyar, 2015) – Turkey
  • Pelecopsis tybaertielloides Jocqué, 1984 – Kenya
  • Pelecopsis uintana (Chamberlin, 1949) – United States
  • Pelecopsis varians (Holm, 1962) – Kenya, Uganda

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Pelecopsis Simon, 1864". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. ^ Millidge, A. F. (1977). "The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 4: 21.
  3. ^ Wiehle, H. (1960). "Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen". Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 47: 34.
  4. ^ Simon, E (1864). Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.47654.
  5. ^ Naumova, Maria; Blagoev, Gergin; Deltshev, Christo (June 2021). "Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae)". Zootaxa. 4984 (1): 228–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.18. PMID 34186684. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
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