Smeringopus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.
Species
it contains fifty-five species, found in Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, and on the Pacific Islands: S. affinitatus Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia S. arambourgi Fage, 1936 – Ethiopia, Somalia S. atomarius Simon, 1910 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa S. badplaas Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. blyde Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. bujongolo Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda S. butare Huber, 2012 – Congo, Rwanda, Burundi S. bwindi Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda S. carli Lessert, 1915 – Uganda, Tanzania, Comoros, Madagascar S. chibububo Huber, 2012 – Mozambique S. chogoria Huber, 2012 – Kenya S. cylindrogaster (Simon, 1907) – West, Central Africa S. dehoop Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. dundo Huber, 2012 – Congo, Angola S. florisbad Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. hanglip Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. harare Huber, 2012 – Zimbabwe S. hypocrita Simon, 1910 – Namibia, South Africa S. isangi Huber, 2012 – Congo S. kalomo Huber, 2012 – Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar S. katanga Huber, 2012 – Congo S. koppies Huber, 2012 – Botswana, South Africa S. lesnei Lessert, 1936 – Mozambique, Zimbabwe S. lesserti Kraus, 1957 – West, Central Africa S. lineiventris Simon, 1890 – Yemen S. lotzi Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. lubondai Huber, 2012 – Congo S. luki Huber, 2012 – Congo S. lydenberg Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. mayombe Huber, 2012 – Congo S. mgahinga Huber, 2012 – Congo, Uganda S. mlilwane Huber, 2012 – Eswatini, South Africa S. moxico Huber, 2012 – Angola S. mpanga Huber, 2012 – Uganda S. natalensis Lawrence, 1947 – Mozambique, South Africa. Introduced to Australia S. ndumo Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. ngangao Huber, 2012 – Kenya, Tanzania S. oromia Huber, 2012 – Ethiopia S. pallidus (Blackwall, 1858) (type) – Africa. Introduced to the Caribbean, South America, Sri Lanka, China, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific islands S. peregrinoides Kraus, 1957 – Central, East Africa S. peregrinus Strand, 1906 – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar S. principe Huber, 2012 – São Tomé and Príncipe S. roeweri Kraus, 1957 – Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi S. rubrotinctus Strand, 1913 – Rwanda, Burundi S. ruhiza Huber, 2012 – Uganda, Burundi S. sambesicus Kraus, 1957 – Mozambique S. saruanle Huber, 2012 – Somalia S. sederberg Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. similis Kraus, 1957 – Namibia S. thomensis Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe S. tombua Huber, 2012 – Angola S. turkana Huber, 2012 – Ethiopia, Kenya S. ubicki Huber, 2012 – South Africa S. uisib Huber, 2012 – Namibia S. zonatus Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia