Sinopesa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Nemesiidae |
Genus: | Sinopesa Schwendinger[1] |
Type species | |
Sinopesa maculata | |
Species | |
8, see text |
Sinopesa is a genus of spiders in the family Nemesiidae. It is found in China and on Ryukyu Islands in Japan. It was first described in 1995 by Raven & Schwendinger. As of 2023[update], it contains 8 Asian species.[1]