Benoitia is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
The genus is named after Belgian arachnologist Pierre L. G. Benoit.
Species
, this genus includes ten species:
Benoitia agraulosa (Wang & Wang, 1991) – China Benoitia bornemiszai (Caporiacco, 1947) – Rwanda, Tanzania (type species) Benoitia deserticola (Simon, 1910) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa Benoitia lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran Benoitia ocellata (Pocock, 1900) – Kenya, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa Benoitia raymondeae (Lessert, 1915) – Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa Benoitia rhodesiae (Pocock, 1901) – Southern Africa Benoitia tadzhika (Andreeva, 1976) – Russia, (Europe) Benoitia timida (Audouin, 1826) – Egypt, Israel Benoitia upembana (Roewer, 1955) – DR Congo
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