Smeringopus

Smeringopus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.^[2]

Smeringopus
female S. natalensis with egg sac
female S. blyde
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Subfamily:	Holocneminae
Genus:	Smeringopus Simon, 1890[1]
Type species
S. pallidus (Blackwall, 1858)
Species
55, see text

Its species are found in Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, and on the Pacific Islands.^[1]

Species

• 
  S. blyde
• 
  juvenile S. natalensis
• 
  S. pallidus female with egg sac

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes 55 species:^[1]

• Smeringopus arambourgi Fage, 1936 – Ethiopia, Somalia
• Smeringopus atomarius Simon, 1910 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
• Smeringopus badplaas Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus blyde Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus bujongolo Huber, 2012 – DR Congo, Uganda
• Smeringopus butare Huber, 2012 – Congo, Rwanda, Burundi
• Smeringopus bwindi Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda
• Smeringopus carli Lessert, 1915 – Uganda, Tanzania, Comoros, Madagascar
• Smeringopus chibububo Huber, 2012 – Mozambique
• Smeringopus chogoria Huber, 2012 – Kenya
• Smeringopus cylindrogaster (Simon, 1907) – West, Central Africa
• Smeringopus dehoop Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus dundo Huber, 2012 – Congo, Angola
• Smeringopus florisbad Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus hanglip Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus harare Huber, 2012 – Zimbabwe
• Smeringopus hypocrita Simon, 1910 – Namibia, South Africa
• Smeringopus isangi Huber, 2012 – Congo
• Smeringopus kalomo Huber, 2012 – Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar
• Smeringopus katanga Huber, 2012 – Congo
• Smeringopus koppies Huber, 2012 – Botswana, South Africa
• Smeringopus lesnei Lessert, 1936 – Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• Smeringopus lesserti Kraus, 1957 – Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, DR Congo, Angola
• Smeringopus lineiventris Simon, 1890 – Yemen
• Smeringopus lotzi Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus lubondai Huber, 2012 – Congo
• Smeringopus luki Huber, 2012 – Congo
• Smeringopus lydenberg Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus mayombe Huber, 2012 – Congo
• Smeringopus mgahinga Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda
• Smeringopus mlilwane Huber, 2012 – Eswatini, South Africa
• Smeringopus moxico Huber, 2012 – Angola
• Smeringopus mpanga Huber, 2012 – Uganda
• Smeringopus natalensis Lawrence, 1947 – Mozambique, South Africa. Introduced to Australia
• Smeringopus ndumo Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus ngangao Huber, 2012 – Kenya, Tanzania
• Smeringopus oromia Huber, 2012 – Ethiopia
• Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858) – Africa. Introduced to the Caribbeen, South America, St. Helena, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific Islands (type species)
• Smeringopus peregrinoides Kraus, 1957 – DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania
• Smeringopus peregrinus Strand, 1906 – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar
• Smeringopus principe Huber, 2012 – São Tomé and Príncipe
• Smeringopus roeweri Kraus, 1957 – Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi
• Smeringopus rubrotinctus Strand, 1913 – Rwanda, Burundi
• Smeringopus ruhiza Huber, 2012 – Uganda, Burundi
• Smeringopus sambesicus Kraus, 1957 – Mozambique
• Smeringopus saruanle Huber, 2012 – Somalia
• Smeringopus sederberg Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus similis Kraus, 1957 – Namibia
• Smeringopus thomensis Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe
• Smeringopus tombua Huber, 2012 – Angola
• Smeringopus turkana Huber, 2012 – Ethiopia, Kenya
• Smeringopus ubicki Huber, 2012 – South Africa
• Smeringopus uisib Huber, 2012 – Namibia
• Smeringopus voi Yao & Li, 2019 – Kenya
• Smeringopus zonatus Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia

See also

• List of Pholcidae species