List of Desidae species

This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Desidae. As of April 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts 330 species in 60 genera:^[1]

A[]

Akatorea[]

Akatorea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• (Marples, 1959) (type) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Amphinecta[]

Amphinecta Simon, 1898

• Simon, 1898 (type) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Austmusia[]

Austmusia Gray, 1983

• Gray, 1983 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Gray, 1983 — Australia (Victoria)
• Gray, 1983 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

B[]

Badumna[]

Badumna Thorell, 1890

• (Simon, 1906) — Australia (Queensland)
• (Hogg, 1896) — Central Australia
• (Strand, 1907) — Australia (New South Wales)
• Thorell, 1890 — Indonesia (Java)
• (Strand, 1913) — Australia
• (Simon, 1906) — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
• Thorell, 1890 (type) — Indonesia (Java)
• (Simon, 1902) — Australia (Queensland)
• Badumna insignis (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia. Introducded to Japan, New Zealand
• (Strand, 1907) — Indonesia (Java)
• Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) — Eastern Australia. Introduced to USA, Mexico, Uruguay, Japan, New Zealand
• (Rainbow, 1916) — Australia (Queensland)
• (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• (Hogg, 1900) — Australia (Victoria)
• (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland, central Australia)
• (Strand, 1907) — Australia
• (Rainbow, 1905) — Australia (New South Wales)
• Zhu, Zhang & Yang, 2006 — China

Baiami[]

Baiami Lehtinen, 1967

• Baiami brockmani Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Gray, 1981 — Australia (Victoria)
• Gray, 1981 — Australia (South Australia)
• Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
• (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Gray, 1981 — Australia (Western Australia)
• (Simon, 1908) (type) — Australia (Western Australia)

Bakala[]

Bakala Davies, 1990

• Bakala episinoides Davies, 1990 (type) — Australia (Queensland)

Barahna[]

Barahna Davies, 2003

• Davies, 2003 (type) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland)
• Davies, 2003 — Australia (Victoria)
• Davies, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland)
• Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland)
• Davies, 2003 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Davies, 2003 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

Buyina[]

Buyina Davies, 1998

• Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
• Davies, 1998 — Australia (Queensland)

C[]

Calacadia[]

Calacadia Exline, 1960

• (Nicolet, 1849) — Chile
• Exline, 1960 (type) — Chile
• (Tullgren, 1902) — Chile
• (Simon, 1902) — Chile
• Exline, 1960 — Chile
• (Simon, 1902) — Chile
• Exline, 1960 — Chile

Cambridgea[]

Cambridgea L. Koch, 1872

• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Dalmas, 1917 — New Zealand (Chatham Is.)
• (White, 1849) (type) — New Zealand
• (Urquhart, 1891) — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea decorata Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea elegans Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• L. Koch, 1872 — New Zealand
• Cambridgea foliata (L. Koch, 1872) — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Blest & Taylor, 1995 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Blest & Vink, 2000 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Canala[]

Canala Gray, 1992

• (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
• (Berland, 1924) (type) — New Caledonia
• Gray, 1992 — New Caledonia

Cicirra[]

Cicirra Simon, 1886

• Cicirra decemmaculata Simon, 1886 (type) — Australia (Tasmania)

Colcarteria[]

Colcarteria Gray, 1992

• Gray, 1992 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)
• Gray, 1992 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Gray, 1992 — Australia (New South Wales)

Corasoides[]

Corasoides Butler, 1929

• Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Corasoides australis Butler, 1929 (type) — Australia
• Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (Queensland)
• Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Humphrey, 2017 — Papua New Guinea
• Humphrey, 2017 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

Cunnawarra[]

Cunnawarra Davies, 1998

• Davies, 1998 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

D[]

Desis[]

Desis Walckenaer, 1837

• Desis bobmarleyi Baehr, Raven & Harms, 2017 — Australia (Queensland)
• Pocock, 1903 — Tanzania (Zanzibar), Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte
• (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) — South Africa
• Hirst, 1925 — Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Pocock, 1904 — India (Laccadive Is.)
• Gravely, 1927 — India
• Yaginuma, 1956 — Japan
• Pocock, 1902 — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
• Desis marina (Hector, 1877) — New Caledonia, New Zealand (mainland, Chatham Is.)
• L. Koch, 1872 — Malaysia
• (Fabricius, 1793) (type) — New Guinea, New Caledonia
• Berland, 1931 — New Caledonia
• Roewer, 1955 — East Africa
• L. Koch, 1872 — Samoa

Dunstanoides[]

Dunstanoides Forster & Wilton, 1989

• (Marples, 1959) — New Zealand
• (Forster & Wilton, 1973) (type) — New Zealand
• (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand
• (Marples, 1959) — New Zealand
• (Forster & Wilton, 1973) — New Zealand

E[]

Epimecinus[]

Epimecinus Simon, 1908

• Gray, 1973 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia
• (Simon, 1906) (type) — New Caledonia
• (Simon, 1906) — New Caledonia

F[]

Forsterina[]

Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967

• (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
• (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
• (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• (Simon, 1908) (type) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Gray, 1992 — New Caledonia
• (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (New South Wales)
• (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
• (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)

G[]

Goyenia[]

Goyenia Forster, 1970

• Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

H[]

Helsonia[]

Helsonia Forster, 1970

• Helsonia plata Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand

Holomamoea[]

Holomamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Holomamoea foveata Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand

Huara[]

Huara Forster, 1964

• (Berland, 1931) (type) — New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1964 — New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• (Hogg, 1909) — New Zealand (Snares Is.)
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

I[]

Ischalea[]

Ischalea L. Koch, 1872

• (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) — Madagascar
• Simon, 1898 — Mauritius
• L. Koch, 1872 (type) — New Zealand

J[]

Jalkaraburra[]

Jalkaraburra Davies, 1998

• Jalkaraburra alta Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (Queensland)

K[]

Keera[]

Keera Davies, 1998

• Keera longipalpis Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

L[]

Lathyarcha[]

Lathyarcha Simon, 1908

• (Simon, 1906) — Australia (Victoria)
• (L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Simon, 1908 (type) — Australia (Western Australia)

M[]

Magua[]

Magua Davies, 1998

• Magua wiangaree Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (New South Wales)

Makora[]

Makora Forster & Wilton, 1973

• (Marples, 1959) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Mamoea[]

Mamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• (Bryant, 1935) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilson, 1973 — New Zealand
• (Bryant, 1935) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• (Bryant, 1935) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• (Berland, 1931) (type) — New Zealand (Campbell Is.)
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Mangareia[]

Mangareia Forster, 1970

• Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

Maniho[]

Maniho Marples, 1959

• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Marples, 1959 (type) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Manjala[]

Manjala Davies, 1990

• Davies, 1990 — Australia (Queensland)
• Davies, 1990 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
• Davies, 1990 — Australia (Queensland)

Matachia[]

Matachia Dalmas, 1917

• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• (Urquhart, 1893) — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Dalmas, 1917 (type) — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

Mesudus[]

Mesudus Özdikmen, 2007

• (Forster, 1970) — New Zealand
• (Forster, 1970) — New Zealand
• (Forster, 1970) (type) — New Zealand

Metaltella[]

Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931

• (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Chile
• (Keyserling, 1891) (type) — Brazil, Argentina
• (Mello-Leitão, 1940) — Argentina
• (Nicolet, 1849) — Peru, Chile, Argentina
• Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) — Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Introduced to USA, Canada
• (Mello-Leitão, 1943) — Argentina

N[]

Namandia[]

Namandia Lehtinen, 1967

• Namandia periscelis (Simon, 1903) (type) — Australia (Tasmania)

Nanocambridgea[]

Nanocambridgea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Nanocambridgea gracilipes Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand

Neororea[]

Neororea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• (Forster, 1955) (type) — New Zealand (Auckland Is.)

Notomatachia[]

Notomatachia Forster, 1970

• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• (Marples, 1962) (type) — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

Nuisiana[]

Nuisiana Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Nuisiana arboris (Marples, 1959) (type) — New Zealand

O[]

Oparara[]

Oparara Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• (Marples, 1959) (type) — New Zealand

P[]

Panoa[]

Panoa Forster, 1970

• Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand

Paramamoea[]

Paramamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Paramatachia[]

Paramatachia Dalmas, 1918

• Marples, 1962 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Marples, 1962 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Dalmas, 1918 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
• Marples, 1962 — Australia (Victoria)
• (Hickman, 1950) — Australia (South Australia, Tasmania)

Penaoola[]

Penaoola Davies, 1998

• Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (South Australia)
• Davies, 1998 — Australia (South Australia)

Phryganoporus[]

Phryganoporus Simon, 1908

• Phryganoporus candidus (L. Koch, 1872) (type) — Australia (mainland, Norfolk Is.)
• Gray, 2002 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Gray, 2002 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Simon, 1908 — Australia (Western Australia to Queensland)
• (Gray, 1983) — Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)

Pitonga[]

Pitonga Davies, 1984

• Pitonga woolowa Davies, 1984 (type) — Northern Australia

Poaka[]

Poaka Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Poaka graminicola Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand

Porteria[]

Porteria Simon, 1904

• Porteria albopunctata Simon, 1904 (type) — Chile

Q[]

Quemusia[]

Quemusia Davies, 1998

• Davies, 1998 (type) — Australia (Queensland)
• Davies, 1998 — Australia (Queensland)
• Davies, 1998 — Australia (New South Wales)
• Davies, 1998 — Australia (Queensland)

R[]

Rangitata[]

Rangitata Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Rangitata peelensis Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand

Rapua[]

Rapua Forster, 1970

• Rapua australis Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand

Reinga[]

Reinga Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• (Marples, 1959) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

Rorea[]

Rorea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand (Auckland Is.)
• Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

S[]

Syrorisa[]

Syrorisa Simon, 1908

• Syrorisa misella (Simon, 1906) (type) — New Caledonia, Australia (Western Australia)

T[]

Tanganoides[]

Tanganoides Davies, 2005

• (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)
• (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)
• (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)
• (Davies, 2003) (type) — Australia (Tasmania)
• (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Victoria)
• (Davies, 2003) — Australia (Tasmania)

Taurongia[]

Taurongia Hogg, 1901

• Gray, 2005 — Australia (Victoria)
• (Hogg, 1900) (type) — Australia (Victoria)

Tuakana[]

Tuakana Forster, 1970

• Forster, 1970 — New Zealand
• Forster, 1970 (type) — New Zealand

W[]

Waterea[]

Waterea Forster & Wilton, 1973

• Waterea cornigera Forster & Wilton, 1973 (type) — New Zealand

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