List of spiders of Socotra

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This is a list of spider species that occur on Socotra. Unless otherwise noted, they are endemic (they occur only there).

Contents 1 Agelenidae 2 Araneidae 3 Barychelidae 4 Hersiliidae 5 Migidae 6 Miturgidae 7 Nephilidae 8 Oonopidae 9 Oxyopidae 10 Palpimanidae 11 Philodromidae 12 Pholcidae 13 Prodidomidae 14 Salticidae 15 Sparassidae 16 Tetragnathidae 17 Theraphosidae 18 Theridiidae 19 Thomisidae 20 Zodariidae 21 References

[edit] Agelenidae

• Agelenella pusilla (Pocock, 1903)

[edit] Araneidae

• Araneus cardioceros Pocock, 1899
• Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 — also in Africa and São Tomé

[edit] Barychelidae

• Atrophothele socotrana Pocock, 1903

[edit] Hersiliidae

• Hersilia wraniki Rheims, Brescovit & van Harten, 2004 — also in Yemen

[edit] Migidae

• Moggridgea socotra Griswold, 1987

[edit] Miturgidae

• Cheiracanthium socotrense Pocock, 1903

[edit] Nephilidae

• Nephila sumptuosa Gerstäcker, 1873 — also in East Africa

[edit] Oonopidae

• Gamasomorpha deksam Saaristo & van Harten, 2002
• Orchestina bedu Saaristo & van Harten, 2002
• Orchestina foa Saaristo & van Harten, 2002
• Silhouettella usgutra Saaristo & van Harten, 2002
• Socotroonops socotra Saaristo & van Harten, 2002

[edit] Oxyopidae

• Oxyopes rutilius Simon, 1890 — also in Yemen

[edit] Palpimanidae

• Scelidomachus socotranus Pocock, 1899

[edit] Philodromidae

• Thanatus forbesi Pocock, 1903

[edit] Pholcidae

• Leptopholcus dioscoridis Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001

[edit] Prodidomidae

• Zimiris diffusa Platnick & Penney, 2004 — also in St. Helena and India

[edit] Salticidae

• Afrobeata firma Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994
• Bianor biguttatus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002
• Habrocestum albopunctatum Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002
• Habrocestum dubium Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002
• Habrocestum ferrugineum Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002
• Habrocestum inquinatum Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002
• Habrocestum socotrense Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002
• Habrocestum speciosum Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994
• Hasarius insularis Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002
• Heliophanillus suedicola (Simon, 1901) — also in Yemen
• Heliophanus parvus Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994
• Pellenes striolatus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002
• Pseudicius mirus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002
• Rafalus insignipalpis Simon, 1882 — also in Yemen
• Thyene similis Wesolowska & van Harten, 2002

[edit] Sparassidae

• Olios socotranus (Pocock, 1903)

[edit] Tetragnathidae

• Tetragnatha granti Pocock, 1903

[edit] Theraphosidae

• Monocentropus balfouri Pocock, 1897

[edit] Theridiidae

• Latrodectus hystrix Simon, 1890 — also in Yemen

[edit] Thomisidae

• Bassaniodes socotrensis Pocock, 1903
• Dimizonops insularis Pocock, 1903

[edit] Zodariidae

• Cydrela insularis (Pocock, 1899)

[edit] References

• Platnick, N.I. (2007). The world spider catalog, version 7.5. American Museum of Natural History.