Sudesna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders that belongs to the family Dictynidae.
Distribution Members of this genus are found distributed Australia, Southern, Southeast and east Asia. The majority of these species, around nine, have been found to be exclusively inhabiting China. Despite the Xizang province of China being a hotspot for biodiversity including spiders, the only species from this genus is Sudesna flavipes.
Taxonomy This genus was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967 with the type species being Sudensa hedini.
Species , this genus currently contains 17 described species. A list of them can be found below: Sudesna anaulax (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia) Sudesna cangshan Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2025 – China Sudesna circularis Zhang & Li, 2011 – China Sudesna chayu Lu-Yu Wang, Zhi-Sheng Zhang, Yong-Qiang Xu, 2026 - China Sudesna dali Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2025 – China Sudesna digitata Zhang & Li, 2011 – China Sudesna flavipes (Hu, 2001) – China Sudesna grammica (Simon, 1893) – Philippines Sudesna grossa (Simon, 1906) – India Sudesna haiboi Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2025 – China Sudesna hainan Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2025 – China (Hainan) Sudesna hedini (Schenkel, 1936) (type species) – China, Korea Sudesna mii Lu-Yu Wang, Zhi-Sheng Zhang, Yong-Qiang Xu, 2026 - China Sudesna medog Lu-Yu Wang, Zhi-Sheng Zhang, Yong-Qiang Xu, 2026 - China Sudesna shangrila Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2025 – China Sudesna wangi Lu-Yu Wang, Zhi-Sheng Zhang, Yong-Qiang Xu, 2026 - China Sudesna yangi Wang, Peng & Zhang, 2025 – China
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