''Perenethis'' is a

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of nursery web spiders that was first described by

Ludwig Carl Christian 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 medic ...

in 1878.

Species

it contains six species, found in Africa, Asia,

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, and

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: *''

Perenethis dentifasciata ''Perenethis'' is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878. Species it contains six species, found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea: *'' Perenethis dentifasciata'' (O. Pickard ...

'' (

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 ...

, 1885) – Pakistan or India *'' Perenethis fascigera'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – China, Korea, Japan *''

Perenethis simoni ''Perenethis'' is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878. Species it contains six species, found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea: *'' Perenethis dentifasciata'' (O. Pickard ...

'' (Lessert, 1916) – Africa, Comoros *''

Perenethis sindica ''Perenethis sindica'' is a species of spider of the genus '' Perenethis''. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil ...

'' ( Simon, 1897) – India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Philippines *''

Perenethis symmetrica ''Perenethis'' is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878. Species it contains six species, found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea: *'' Perenethis dentifasciata'' (O. Pickard ...

'' (Lawrence, 1927) – Africa *''

Perenethis venusta ''Perenethis'' is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1878. Species it contains six species, found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea: *'' Perenethis dentifasciata'' (O. Pickard ...

'' L. Koch, 1878 ( type) – India, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

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Araneomorphae genera Pisauridae Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch {{Pisauridae-stub

Species

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