Social Velvet Spiders
Stegodyphus
Stegodyphus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Eresidae. The 21 species are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with two species (S. manaus and S. annulipes) found in Brazil.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
African Social Spider
speciesStegodyphus dumicola
Indian Cooperative Spider
speciesStegodyphus sarasinorum
Stegodyphus lineatus
speciesStegodyphus lineatus
Stegodyphus pacificus
speciesStegodyphus pacificus
Stegodyphus tibialis
speciesStegodyphus tibialis
African Social Velvet Spider
speciesStegodyphus mimosarum
African Stegodyphus Velvet Spider
speciesStegodyphus africanus
Stegodyphus dufouri
speciesStegodyphus dufouri
Two-tone stegodyphus velvet spider
speciesStegodyphus bicolor
Stegodyphus hildebrandti
speciesStegodyphus hildebrandti
Pale Stegodyphus Velvet Spider
speciesStegodyphus tentoriicola
Stegodyphus mirandus
speciesStegodyphus mirandus
Stegodyphus manicatus
speciesStegodyphus manicatus
Stegodyphus nathistmus
speciesStegodyphus nathistmus
Stegodyphus hisarensis
speciesStegodyphus hisarensis
Stegodyphus lineifrons
speciesStegodyphus lineifrons
Stegodyphus manaus
speciesStegodyphus manaus
Stegodyphus simplicifrons
speciesStegodyphus simplicifrons
Stegodyphus tingelin
speciesStegodyphus tingelin
Web Parasite Nestspider
speciesStegodyphus sabulosus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 415078.