''Araeoncus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''

Diplocephalus ''Diplocephalus'' is a genus of sheet weavers first described by Philipp Bertkau Philipp Bertkau (11 January 1849 – 22 October 1894) was a German zoologist born in Cologne. He studied natural sciences at the University of Bonn, where in 1872 ...

''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the

cephalothorax The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...

and a species-specific modification of the tibial apophysis of the

pedipalp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ("jaws") and ...

Species

it contains thirty-nine species: *'' Araeoncus altissimus'' Simon, 1884 – France, Italy, Azerbaijan *''

Araeoncus anguineus ''Araeoncus'' is a genus of Linyphiidae, dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a speci ...

'' (

L. Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...

, 1869) – Europe *'' Araeoncus banias'' Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel *'' Araeoncus caucasicus'' Tanasevitch, 1987 – Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia *'' Araeoncus clavatus'' Tanasevitch, 1987 – Turkey, Armenia *''

Araeoncus clivifrons ''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...

'' Deltshev, 1987 – Bulgaria *'' Araeoncus convexus'' Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia *'' Araeoncus crassiceps'' ( Westring, 1861) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) *'' Araeoncus curvatus'' Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia *'' Araeoncus cypriacus'' Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus *'' Araeoncus discedens'' (Simon, 1881) – Spain, France, Italy *'' Araeoncus dispar'' Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden *'' Araeoncus duriusculus'' Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum *''

Araeoncus etinde ''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...

'' Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon *''

Araeoncus femineus ''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...

'' ( Roewer, 1942) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) *'' Araeoncus galeriformis'' (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan *'' Araeoncus gertschi'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya *'' Araeoncus hanno'' Simon, 1884 – Algeria *'' Araeoncus humilis'' (Blackwall, 1841) ( type) – Europe, North Africa, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Japan. Introduced to New Zealand *'' Araeoncus hyalinus'' Song & Li, 2010 – China *'' Araeoncus impolitus'' Holm, 1962 – Kenya *'' Araeoncus longispineus'' Song & Li, 2010 – China *'' Araeoncus longiusculus'' (

O. Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...

, 1875) – France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia, mainland) *'' Araeoncus macrophthalmus'' Miller, 1970 – Angola *'' Araeoncus malawiensis'' Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi *'' Araeoncus martinae'' Bosmans, 1996 – Morocco, Algeria *'' Araeoncus mitriformis'' Tanasevitch, 2008 – Turkey, Iran *'' Araeoncus obtusus'' Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon *'' Araeoncus picturatus'' Holm, 1962 – Tanzania *'' Araeoncus rhodes'' Tanasevitch, 2011 – Greece (Rhodes) *'' Araeoncus sicanus'' Brignoli, 1979 – Italy (Sicily) *'' Araeoncus subniger'' Holm, 1962 – Kenya *'' Araeoncus tauricus'' Gnelitsa, 2004 – Bulgaria, Greece (Crete), Turkey, Ukraine *'' Araeoncus toubkal'' Bosmans, 1996 – Portugal, Morocco *''

Araeoncus tuberculatus ''Araeoncus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of ''Diplocephalus''; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification o ...

'' Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden *'' Araeoncus vaporariorum'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – France, Italy *'' Araeoncus victorianyanzae''

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, 1936 – Kenya, Tanzania *'' Araeoncus viphyensis'' Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi *'' Araeoncus vorkutensis'' Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan

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Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Linyphiidae {{Linyphiidae-stub

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