''Benoitodes'' is a genus of

ground spiders Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...

that was first described by

Norman I. Platnick Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...

in 1993. it contains only two species: ''B. caheni'' and ''B. sanctaehelenae''.

References

Gnaphosidae genera Gnaphosidae Spiders of Oceania {{Gnaphosidae-stub