''Simonestus'' 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
corinnid sac spiders first described by A. B. Bonaldo in 2000.
Species
it contains six species in the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
:
*''
Simonestus occidentalis''
(Schenkel, 1953) – Venezuela
*''
Simonestus pseudobulbulus''
( Caporiacco, 1938) – Guatemala
*''
Simonestus robustus''
(Chickering Chickering may refer to:
* Chickering, Suffolk, a place in Suffolk, England
* Chickering & Sons, the piano company that was created by Jonas Chickering
* Arthur M. Chickering, an arachnologist
* Arthur W. Chickering, a researcher of student devel ...
, 1937) – Panama
*''
Simonestus semiluna''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Mexico, Guatemala
*''
Simonestus separatus''
(Schmidt
Schmidt may refer to:
* Schmidt (surname), including list of people with the surname
* Schmidt (singer) (born 1990), German pop and jazz singer
* Schmidt (lunar crater), a small lunar impact crater
* Schmidt (Martian crater), a List of craters on ...
, 1971) – Guatemala to Peru
*''
Simonestus validus''
(Simon, 1898) (
type) – Venezuela
References
Araneomorphae genera
Corinnidae
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
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