World Spider Catalog

Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Benoitia Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01819

type Agelena bornemiszai Caporiacco, 1947; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Benoitia deserticola (Simon, 1910) -- see Afrotrix

In synonymy:

Benoitia lepida deserta (Caporiacco, 1933) = Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (de Blauwe, 1980b: 19, sub Agelena)

Benoitia maculinotum (Strand, 1906) = Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (de Blauwe, 1980b: 19, sub Agelena)

Benoitia pupia (Karsch, 1881) = Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Simon, 1908a: 434, sub Agelena)

Benoitia agraulosa (Wang & Wang, 1991) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020929

Agelena agraulosa Wang & Wang, 1991: 40, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Agelena agraulosa Wang, 1997: 254, f. 11-15 (mf)

Benoitia agraulosa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 355, f. 207K-L, M-N (mf, T from Agelena, after comments by Wang, 1997)

Benoitia agraulosa Zhang, Li & Xu, 2008: 103, f. 24-29 (mf)

Benoitia agraulosa Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2017: 107, f. 35A-E (mf)

Benoitia arida Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066672

Benoitia arida Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 332, f. 18A, 19A-C (Df) Original description

Benoitia bornemiszai (Caporiacco, 1947) | | Rwanda, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020930 TYPE SPECIES

Agelena bornemiszai Caporiacco, 1947c: 107, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Agelena bornemiszai Roewer, 1955b: 44, f. 15a-c (Dm, f)

Benoitia bornemiszai Lehtinen, 1967: 218 (T from Agelena)

Benoitia bornemiszai Levy, 1996: 92, f. 24-27 (mf)

Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) | | Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Yemen, Saudi-Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020932

Agelena lepida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 558 (Dmf) Original description

Agalena pupia Karsch, 1881a: 6, 10, pl. 1, f. 6-6b (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053927]

Agelena maculinotum Strand, 1906b: 656 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037417]

Agelena lepida Simon, 1908a: 434 (S of Agalena pupia, with '?')

Agelena lepida deserta Caporiacco, 1933: 337 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037416]

Agelena lepida deserta Caporiacco, 1936a: 110 (Df)

Agelena lepida deserta Denis, 1947a: 31, pl. 1, f. 2, pl. 4, f. 1 (mf)

Agelena lepida deserta Denis, 1966e: 124, f. 33a-b (f)

Agelena lepida de Blauwe, 1980b: 19, f. 30-35 (mf, S of Agelena lepida deserta and A. maculinotum, the latter doubted by Levy, 1996: 96)

Benoitia lepida Levy, 1996: 95, f. 36-39 (mf, T from Agelena)

Agelena lepida Melic, 1998: 27, f. 1 (m)

Benoitia lepida Zamani et al., 2016: 103, f. 4-6 (mf)

Benoitia lepida Al-Khazali, 2018: 61, f. 2A-E, 3A-D (mf)

Benoitia leroyae Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066673

Benoitia leroyae Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 335, f. 18B, 19D-F (Df) Original description

Benoitia lunata Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066674

Benoitia lunata Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 336, f. 18C, 20A, B (Df) Original description

Benoitia meridionalis Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066675

Benoitia meridionalis Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 338, f. 18D-E, 20C-D, 21A-E (Dmf) Original description

Benoitia namaqua Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066676

Benoitia namaqua Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026: 340, f. 18F-G, 20E-F, 22A-E (Dmf) Original description

Benoitia ocellata (Pocock, 1900) | | Kenya, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020933

Agelena ocellata Pocock, 1900e: 326 (Dmf) Original description

Agelena ocellata Lessert, 1923: 205, f. 55 (f)

Olorunia ocellata Lehtinen, 1967: 254, f. 215 (f, T from Agelena)

Benoitia ocellata Levy, 1996: 93, f. 28-31 (mf, T from Olorunia)

Benoitia ocellata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020g: 10, p. 3: 1 f., p. 8: 1 f., p. 10: 6 f., p. 11: 3 f. (mf)

Benoitia raymondeae (Lessert, 1915) | | Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020934

Agelena raymondeae Lessert, 1915b: 491, f. 57 (Df) Original description

Benoitia raymondae Lehtinen, 1967: 219 (lapsus, T from Agelena)

Agelena raymondae Lehtinen, 1967: 249 (lapsus, belongs probably to Mistaria)

Benoitia raymondeae Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020g: 12, 5 f. (f)

Benoitia rhodesiae (Pocock, 1901) | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020935

Agelena rhodesiae Pocock, 1901b: 337 (Df) Original description

Benoitia rhodesiae Lehtinen, 1967: 219 (removed from S of Agelena australis, rejecting Roewer, 1955b: 65)

Benoitia tadzhika (Andreeva, 1976) | | Russia (Europe) to Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020892

Agelena tadzhika Andreeva, 1976: 33, f. 38-41 (Dmf) Original description

Benoitia tadzhika Zamani & Marusik, 2020a: 386 (T from Agelena)

Benoitia timida (Audouin, 1826) | | Egypt, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020936

Arachne timida Audouin, 1826: 316, pl. 1, f. 7 (Dmf) Original description

Agelena timida Walckenaer, 1841: 24

Nyssa timida Simon, 1864: 212

Agelena timida Lehtinen, 1967: 209 (nomen dubium)

Agelena timida de Blauwe, 1980b: 26 (nomen dubium)

Benoitia timida Levy, 1996: 93, f. 32-35 (mf, T from Agelena, removed from nomen dubium)

Benoitia upembana (Roewer, 1955) | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020937

Agelena upembana Roewer, 1955b: 53, f. 2, 20a-d (Dmf) Original description

Benoitia upembana Lehtinen, 1967: 219 (T from Agelena)