Ranops

Ranops is a genus of southern African spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1991 by Jocqué.^[1]

Ranops
Female R. robinae
Female R. robinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Ranops Jocqué[1]
Type species
Ranops caprivi
Species
5, see text

Species

As of September 2025^[update], this genus includes five species:^[1]

• Ranops caprivi Jocqué, 1991 – Namibia, Zimbabwe (type species)
• Ranops dippenaarae Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 2015 – Tanzania
• Ranops robinae Jocqué & Henrard, 2020 – South Africa
• Ranops tharinae Jocqué & Henrard, 2020 – Botswana
• Ranops wandae Jocqué & Henrard, 2020 – Namibia