# Benoitia

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = 
| image = Benoitia tadzhika 54434271.jpg
| image_caption = ''B. tadzhika''
| image2 = Benoitia lepida 57030766.jpg
| image2_caption = ''B. lepida''
| taxon = Benoitia
| authority = Lehtinen, 1967<ref name=wsc />
| type_species = ''[B. bornemiszai](/source/Benoitia_bornemiszai)''
| type_species_authority = (Caporiacco, 1947)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}

'''''Benoitia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [funnel weavers](/source/Agelenidae) first described by [Pekka T. Lehtinen](/source/Pekka_T._Lehtinen) in 1967.<ref name=Leht1967 />

The genus is named after Belgian [arachnologist](/source/arachnologist) [Pierre L. G. Benoit](/source/%3Aspecies%3APierre_L._G._Benoit).

==Species==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Benoitia ocellata 238430275.jpg|''B. ocellata'' from South Africa
Benoitia ocellata 299184410 538996076.jpg|female ''B. ocellata''
</gallery>

{{as of|2025|9}}, this genus includes ten species:<ref name="wsc" />
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* ''[Benoitia agraulosa](/source/Benoitia_agraulosa)'' <small>(Wang & Wang, 1991)</small> – [China](/source/China)
* ''[Benoitia bornemiszai](/source/Benoitia_bornemiszai)'' <small>([Caporiacco](/source/Ludovico_di_Caporiacco), 1947)</small> – [Rwanda](/source/Rwanda), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania) (type species)
* ''[Benoitia deserticola](/source/Benoitia_deserticola)'' <small>([Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1910)</small> – [Namibia](/source/Namibia), [Botswana](/source/Botswana), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
* ''[Benoitia lepida](/source/Benoitia_lepida)'' <small>([O. Pickard-Cambridge](/source/Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge), 1876)</small> – [Spain](/source/Spain), [North Africa](/source/North_Africa), [Turkey](/source/Turkey), [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus), [Israel](/source/Israel), [Yemen](/source/Yemen), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia), [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait), [Iraq](/source/Iraq), [Iran](/source/Iran)
* ''[Benoitia ocellata](/source/Benoitia_ocellata)'' <small>([Pocock](/source/Reginald_Innes_Pocock), 1900)</small> – [Kenya](/source/Kenya), Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
* ''[Benoitia raymondeae](/source/Benoitia_raymondeae)'' <small>([Lessert](/source/Roger_de_Lessert), 1915)</small> – Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa
* ''[Benoitia rhodesiae](/source/Benoitia_rhodesiae)'' <small>(Pocock, 1901)</small> – [Southern Africa](/source/Southern_Africa)
* ''[Benoitia tadzhika](/source/Benoitia_tadzhika)'' <small>(Andreeva, 1976)</small> – [Russia](/source/Russia), (Europe)
* ''[Benoitia timida](/source/Benoitia_timida)'' <small>([Audouin](/source/Jean_Victor_Audouin), 1826)</small> – [Egypt](/source/Egypt), Israel
* ''[Benoitia upembana](/source/Benoitia_upembana)'' <small>([Roewer](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Roewer), 1955)</small> – [DR Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo)
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
  <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/16 | title=Genus Benoitia | publisher=World Spider Catalog  | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=27 September 2025}}</ref>
  <ref name=Leht1967>{{cite journal| last=Lehtinen| first=P. T.| year=1967| title=Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha| journal=Annales Zoologici Fennici| pages=199–468| volume=4}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{inaturalist taxon}}

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Category:Agelenidae
Category:Agelenidae genera
Category:Cosmopolitan spiders
Category:Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen

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