''Smeringopus'' is a

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of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.

Species

it contains fifty-five species, found in Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, and on the Pacific Islands: *'' S. affinitatus''

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, 1906 – Ethiopia *'' S. arambourgi'' Fage, 1936 – Ethiopia, Somalia *'' S. atomarius'' Simon, 1910 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa *'' S. badplaas'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. blyde'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. bujongolo'' Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda *'' S. butare'' Huber, 2012 – Congo, Rwanda, Burundi *'' S. bwindi'' Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda *'' S. carli'' Lessert, 1915 – Uganda, Tanzania, Comoros, Madagascar *'' S. chibububo'' Huber, 2012 – Mozambique *'' S. chogoria'' Huber, 2012 – Kenya *'' S. cylindrogaster'' (Simon, 1907) – West, Central Africa *'' S. dehoop'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. dundo'' Huber, 2012 – Congo, Angola *'' S. florisbad'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. hanglip'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. harare'' Huber, 2012 – Zimbabwe *'' S. hypocrita'' Simon, 1910 – Namibia, South Africa *'' S. isangi'' Huber, 2012 – Congo *'' S. kalomo'' Huber, 2012 – Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar *'' S. katanga'' Huber, 2012 – Congo *'' S. koppies'' Huber, 2012 – Botswana, South Africa *'' S. lesnei'' Lessert, 1936 – Mozambique, Zimbabwe *'' S. lesserti'' Kraus, 1957 – West, Central Africa *'' S. lineiventris'' Simon, 1890 – Yemen *'' S. lotzi'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. lubondai'' Huber, 2012 – Congo *'' S. luki'' Huber, 2012 – Congo *'' S. lydenberg'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. mayombe'' Huber, 2012 – Congo *'' S. mgahinga'' Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda *'' S. mlilwane'' Huber, 2012 – Eswatini, South Africa *'' S. moxico'' Huber, 2012 – Angola *'' S. mpanga'' Huber, 2012 – Uganda *'' S. natalensis'' Lawrence, 1947 – Mozambique, South Africa. Introduced to Australia *'' S. ndumo'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. ngangao'' Huber, 2012 – Kenya, Tanzania *'' S. oromia'' Huber, 2012 – Ethiopia *'' S. pallidus'' (Blackwall, 1858) ( type) – Africa. Introduced to the Caribbean, South America, Sri Lanka, China, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific islands *'' S. peregrinoides'' Kraus, 1957 – Central, East Africa *'' S. peregrinus'' Strand, 1906 – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar *'' S. principe'' Huber, 2012 – São Tomé and Príncipe *'' S. roeweri'' Kraus, 1957 – Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi *'' S. rubrotinctus'' Strand, 1913 – Rwanda, Burundi *'' S. ruhiza'' Huber, 2012 – Uganda, Burundi *'' S. sambesicus'' Kraus, 1957 – Mozambique *'' S. saruanle'' Huber, 2012 – Somalia *'' S. sederberg'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. similis'' Kraus, 1957 – Namibia *'' S. thomensis'' Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe *'' S. tombua'' Huber, 2012 – Angola *'' S. turkana'' Huber, 2012 – Ethiopia, Kenya *'' S. ubicki'' Huber, 2012 – South Africa *'' S. uisib'' Huber, 2012 – Namibia *'' S. zonatus'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia

References

Araneomorphae genera Pholcidae Spiders of Africa {{Pholcidae-stub

Species

See also

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