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Checklist for Family Deinopidae C. L. Koch, 1850 (Net-casters)
and region Continents


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
884
13693
139040
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
716
10940
121991
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
171
5591
67000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
150
5398
65733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
101
4817
59619
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
95
4772
59347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Uloboroidea
Thorell, 1869
2
42
460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDeinopidae
C. L. Koch, 1850
Net-casters, Net-casting spider, Net-casting spiders
8
118
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
8 Genera with 118 Species
Asianopis Lin & Li, 202037SpeciesTaxom
Avella O. P.-Cambridge, 18787SpeciesTaxom
Avellopsis Purcell, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Deinopis MacLeay, 1879Ogrefaced spiders55SpeciesTaxom
Dinopis Agassiz, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Menneus Simon, 201216SpeciesTaxom
Mesarania Hong, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Palaeomicromenneus Penney, 20031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
118 Species
Asianopis anchietae Brito Capello, 1867
Asianopis apo Omelko & Fom..., 2025
Asianopis aruensis Roewer, 1938
Asianopis aspectans Pocock, 1900
Asianopis aurita F. O. Pickar..., 1902
Asianopis camela Thorell, 1881
Asianopis celebensis Merian, 1911
Asianopis cornigera Gerstaecker, 1873
Asianopis cylindrica Pocock, 1898
Asianopis dumogae Merian, 1911
Asianopis fasciata L. Koch, 1879
Asianopis fasciculiger Simon, 1909
Asianopis giltayi Lessert, 1930
Asianopis goalparaensis Tikader & Ma..., 1978
Asianopis gorochovi Fomichev & O..., 2023
Asianopis guineensis Berland & Mi..., 1940
Asianopis kollari Doleschall, 1859
Asianopis konplong Logunov, 2018
Asianopis labangan Barrion-Dupo..., 2018
Asianopis lini Omelko & Fom..., 2025
Asianopis liukuensis Yin, Griswol..., 2002
Asianopis longipalpula Strand, 1913
Asianopis luzonensis Barrion-Dupo..., 2018
Asianopis madagascariensis Lenz, 1886
Asianopis mediocris Kulczyński, 1908
Asianopis naumenkoi Omelko & Fom..., 2025
Asianopis ornata Pocock, 1902
Asianopis ravida L. Koch, 1878
Asianopis reticulata Rainbow, 1899
Asianopis schomburgki Karsch, 1878
Asianopis schoutedeni Giltay, 1929
Asianopis subrufa L. Koch, 1878Common Netcasting Spider
Asianopis tabida L. Koch, 1879
Asianopis unicolor L. Koch, 1878
Asianopis wangi Lin & Li, 2020
Asianopis wuchaoi Lin & Li, 2020
Asianopis zhuanghaoyuni Lin & Li, 2020
Avella angulata Ludwig Carl ..., 1878
Avella despiciens (Octavius Pic..., 1877)⇒ Menneus nemesio Coddington, ..., 2012
Avella insularis William Jose..., 1920
Avella neocaledonica (Eugène Simon, 1888)⇒ Menneus neocaledonicus Simon, 1888
Avella superciliosa (Tord Tamerla..., 1881)⇒ Menneus superciliosus Thorell, 1881
Avella trinodosa William Jose..., 1920
Avella unifasciata Ludwig Carl ..., 1878
Avellopsis capensis (Purcell, 1904)⇒ Menneus capensis Purcell, 1904
Deinopis amica Schiapelli &..., 1957
Deinopis anchietae Brito Capello, 1867
Deinopis armaticeps Cândido Firm..., 1925
Deinopis aruensis Carl Friedri..., 1938
Deinopis aspectans Reginald Inn..., 1899
Deinopis aurita Frederick Oc..., 1902
Deinopis biaculeata Eugène Simon, 1906
Deinopis bicornis (L. Koch, 1879)⇒ Deinopis subrufa Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Deinopis bituberculata Franganillo, 1930
Deinopis bucculenta Schenkel, 1953
Deinopis camela Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Deinopis celebensis Merian, 1911
Deinopis cornigera Gerstäcker, 1873
Deinopis cylindracea Carl Ludwig ..., 1846Carpenter Bees
Deinopis cylindrica Reginald Inn..., 1898Orgefaced spider
Deinopis diabolica Otto Kraus, 1956Ogre faced spiders
Deinopis fasciata Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Deinopis fasciatus (L. Koch, 1879)⇒ Deinopis fasciata Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Deinopis fasciculigera Eugène Simon, 1909
Deinopis fastigata Eugène Simon, 1906
Deinopis giltayi Lessert, 1930
Deinopis goalparaensis B. K. Tikade..., 1978
Deinopis granadensis Eugen von Ke..., 1879
Deinopis guasca Cândido Firm..., 1943
Deinopis gubatmakiling Barrion-Dupo..., 2018
Deinopis guianensis Władysław ..., 1874
Deinopis guineensis Lucien Berla..., 1940
Deinopis kollari Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Deinopis konplong Logunov, 2018
Deinopis labangan Barrion-Dupo..., 2018
Deinopis lamia Alexander Ma..., 1839Melittid bees
Deinopis liukuensis Yin, Griswol..., 2002
Deinopis longipalpula Embrik Strand, 1913
Deinopis longipes Frederick Oc..., 1902Ogre faced spiders
Deinopis luzonensis Barrion-Dupo..., 2018
Deinopis madagascariensis Harald Othma..., 1886
Deinopis mediocris Wladislaus K..., 1908Annual buckwheat
Deinopis ornata Reginald Inn..., 1902
Deinopis pallida Cândido Firm..., 1939
Deinopis pardalis Eugène Simon, 1906
Deinopis plurituberculata Cândido Firm..., 1925
Deinopis ravida Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Deinopis ravidus (L. Koch, 1878)⇒ Deinopis ravida Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Deinopis reticulata William Jose..., 1899
Deinopis rodophthalma Cândido Firm..., 1939
Deinopis schomburgki Ferdinand Ka..., 1878
Deinopis schoutedeni Giltay, 1929Indian white prawn
Deinopis scrubjunglei Caleb & Mathai, 2014
Deinopis seriata Eugène Simon, 1906
Deinopis spinosa Marx, 1889Ogrefaced spider
Deinopis subrufa Ludwig Carl ..., 1879Common netcasting spider
Deinopis subrufus (L. Koch, 1878)⇒ Deinopis subrufa Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Deinopis tabida Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Deinopis tuboculata Franganillo, 1926
Deinopis unicolor Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Menneus affinis (Tullgren, 1910)⇒ Menneus tetragnathoides Eugène Simon, 1876
Menneus aussie Coddington, ..., 2012
Menneus bituberculatus Coddington, ..., 2012
Menneus camelus Reginald Inn..., 1902
Menneus capensis Purcell, 1904
Menneus darwini Coddington, ..., 2012
Menneus dromedarius Purcell, 1904
Menneus nemesio Coddington, ..., 2012
Menneus neocaledonicus Simon, 1888
Menneus pietrzeniukae Wunderlich, 2004
Menneus quasimodo Coddington, ..., 2012
Menneus samperi Coddington, ..., 2012
Menneus superciliosus Thorell, 1881
Menneus tetragnathoides Eugène Simon, 1876
Menneus trinodosus (William Jose..., 1920)⇒ Avella trinodosa William Jose..., 1920
Menneus wa Coddington, ..., 2012
Mesarania hebeiensis Y. C. Hong, 1984
Palaeomicromenneus lebanensis D. Penney, 2003


Links, sources and further information
Deinopidae at biodiversity.org.au
Deinopidae at gbif.org
Deinopidae at irmng.org
Deinopidae at itis.gov