''Rhomphaea'' 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 comb-footed 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 1872.

Species

it contains thirty-three species, found worldwide: Image:Rhomphaea urquharti 5921172.jpg, ''R. urquharti'' Image:Rhomphaea_fictilium.jpg, ''R. fictilium'' Image:Rhomphaea.labiata.male.-.tanikawa.jpg, male ''R. labiata'' Image:Rhomphaea projiciens 7123017.jpg, ''R. projiciens'' *'' Rhomphaea aculeata'' Thorell, 1898 –

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*'' Rhomphaea affinis'' Lessert, 1936 –

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

*'' Rhomphaea altissima'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 –

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

*'' Rhomphaea angulipalpis'' Thorell, 1877 –

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

(

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

) *'' Rhomphaea annulipedis'' Yoshida & Nojima, 2010 –

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

*'' Rhomphaea barycephala'' (Roberts, 1983) –

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

(Aldabra) *'' Rhomphaea brasiliensis'' Mello-Leitão, 1920 –

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, Brazil *'' Rhomphaea ceraosus'' (Zhu & Song, 1991) –

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

*'' Rhomphaea cometes'' L. Koch, 1872 ( type) – New Guinea,

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui" , image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of Frenc ...

*'' Rhomphaea cona'' (González & Carmen, 1996) –

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

*'' Rhomphaea fictilium'' ( Hentz, 1850) – Canada to Argentina *'' Rhomphaea hyrcana'' (Logunov & Marusik, 1990) –

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, China, Japan, Turkey? *'' Rhomphaea irrorata'' Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar *'' Rhomphaea labiata'' (Zhu & Song, 1991) –

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, China,

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Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, Japan *'' Rhomphaea lactifera''

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, 1909 –

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*'' Rhomphaea longicaudata'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 –

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Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

*'' Rhomphaea metaltissima'' Soares & Camargo, 1948 – Panama to Brazil *'' Rhomphaea nasica'' (Simon, 1873) – Canary Is.,

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Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

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, Greece,

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

, St. Helena *'' Rhomphaea oris'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' Rhomphaea ornatissima'' Dyal, 1935 –

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*'' Rhomphaea palmarensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' Rhomphaea paradoxa'' ( Taczanowski, 1873) – St. Vincent, Mexico to Brazil *'' Rhomphaea pignalitoensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Argentina *'' Rhomphaea procera'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Costa Rica to Argentina *'' Rhomphaea projiciens'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – USA to Argentina. Introduced to India *'' Rhomphaea recurvata'' ( Saaristo, 1978) – Seychelles *'' Rhomphaea rostrata'' (Simon, 1873) – Canary Is., Portugal, Spain, France, Italy,

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, Croatia, Greece *'' Rhomphaea sagana'' (Dönitz &

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, 1906) – Azerbaijan,

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(Far East), Japan,

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*'' Rhomphaea sinica'' (Zhu & Song, 1991) – China *'' Rhomphaea sjostedti'' Tullgren, 1910 –

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*'' Rhomphaea tanikawai'' Yoshida, 2001 – China, Japan *'' Rhomphaea urquharti'' (Bryant, 1933) –

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*'' Rhomphaea velhaensis'' (González & Carmen, 1996) – Brazil In

synonymy A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

: *''R. argenteola'' (Simon, 1873) = ''Rhomphaea nasica'' (Simon, 1873) *''R. canariensis'' (Schmidt, 1956) = ''Rhomphaea rostrata'' (Simon, 1873) *''R. delicatula'' (Simon, 1883) = ''Rhomphaea nasica'' (Simon, 1873) *''R. feioi'' (Mello-Leitão, 1947) = ''Rhomphaea projiciens'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 *''R. honesta'' (Exline & Levi, 1962) = ''Rhomphaea brasiliensis'' Mello-Leitão, 1920 *''R. longa'' (Kulczyński, 1905) = ''Rhomphaea rostrata'' (Simon, 1873) *''R. martinae'' (Exline, 1950) = ''Rhomphaea projiciens'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 *''R. petrunkevitchi'' (Mello-Leitão, 1945) = ''Rhomphaea paradoxa'' (Taczanowski, 1873) *''R. remota'' (Bryant, 1940) = ''Rhomphaea fictilium'' (Hentz, 1850) *''R. simoni'' (Petrunkevitch, 1911) = ''Rhomphaea procera'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) *''R. spinicaudata'' (Keyserling, 1884) = ''Rhomphaea paradoxa'' (Taczanowski, 1873) *''R. spinosa'' (Badcock, 1932) = ''Rhomphaea projiciens'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896

Species

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