Stegodyphus
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Stegodyphus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1873. They are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with one species (S. manaus) found in Brazil. The name is derived from Ancient Greek στέγω (stegos), meaning "covered".
Behavior
- The community nesting spider, S. dumicola Kruger National Park
- Nest of S. dumicola KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
At least three species are social spiders, and several are known to use ballooning as a method of dispersal.
Species
- male S. mimosarum
- female S. mimosarum
- female S. tentoriicola
As of September2025[update] it contains about twenty species:
- Stegodyphus africanus (Blackwall, 1866) – Africa
- Stegodyphus bicolor (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – Southern Africa
- Stegodyphus dufouri (Audouin, 1826) – North, West Africa
- Stegodyphus dumicola Pocock, 1898 – Central, Southern Africa
- Stegodyphus hildebrandti (Karsch, 1878) – Central, East Africa, Zanzibar
- Stegodyphus lineatus (Latreille, 1817) (type) – Southern Europe, North Africa to Tajikistan
- Stegodyphus lineifrons Pocock, 1898 – East Africa
- Stegodyphus manaus Kraus & Kraus, 1992 – Brazil
- Stegodyphus manicatus Simon, 1876 – North, West Africa
- Stegodyphus mimosarum Pavesi, 1883 – Africa, Madagascar
- Stegodyphus mirandus Pocock, 1899 – India
- Stegodyphus nathistmus Kraus & Kraus, 1989 – Morocco to Yemen
- Stegodyphus pacificus Pocock, 1900 – Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, India
- Stegodyphus sabulosus Tullgren, 1910 – East, Southern Africa
- Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch, 1892 – India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar
- Stegodyphus simplicifrons Simon, 1906 – Madagascar
- Stegodyphus tentoriicola Purcell, 1904 – South Africa
- Stegodyphus tibialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – India, Myanmar, Thailand, China
- Stegodyphus tingelin Kraus & Kraus, 1989 – Cameroon