{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Janula bicornis 265917051.jpg | image_caption = ''J. bicornis'' from Australia | taxon = Janula | authority = Strand, 1932<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''J. bicornis'' | type_species_authority = (Thorell, 1881) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 44, see text | synonyms = *''Monetoculus'' <small>Wunderlich, 2008</small><ref name=Yosh2011>{{cite journal| last1=Yoshida| first1=H.| last2=Koh| first2=J. K. H.| year=2011| title=''Phoroncidia'', ''Janula'' and a new genus ''Brunepisinus'' (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Brunei| journal=Acta Arachnologica| volume=60| issue=2| page=79| doi=10.2476/asjaa.60.75| doi-access=free}}</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=NMBE /> }} '''''Janula''''' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1932.<ref name=Stra1932>{{cite journal| last=Strand| first=E.| year=1932| title=Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica, III, IV| journal=Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, Rigā| pages=193–196| volume=4| author-link=Embrik Strand}}</ref> It is a senior synonym of ''Monetoculus''.<ref name=Yosh2011 />
==Species== {{as of|2022|09}} it contains forty-four species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Asia, Panama, and Queensland:<ref name="NMBE">{{cite journal |last1=Gloor |first1=Daniel |last2=Nentwig |first2=Wolfgang |last3=Blick |first3=Theo |last4=Kropf |first4=Christian |year=2022 |title=Gen. ''Janula'' Strand, 1932 |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3498 |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |doi=10.24436/2 |access-date=4 September 2022 |website=World Spider Catalog Version 23.5}}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=24em}} *''Janula aspus'' <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> – Nicaragua *''Janula batman'' <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> – Borneo *''Janula bicornigera'' <small>(Simon, 1894)</small> – Brazil *''Janula bicornis'' <small>(Thorell, 1881)</small> (type) – Australia (Queensland) *''Janula bicruciata'' <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> – Brazil *''Janula bifrons'' <small>(Thorell, 1895)</small> – Myanmar *''Janula bizona'' <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> – Borneo *''Janula bruneiensis'' <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> – Borneo *''Janula bubalis'' <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> – Borneo *''Janula chiapensis'' <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> – Mexico, Costa Rica (Cocos Is.) *''Janula colima'' <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> – Mexico to Panama *''Janula crysus'' <small>(Buckup & Marques, 1992)</small> – Brazil *''Janula cuzco'' <small>(Levi, 1967)</small> – Peru *''Janula dominica'' <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> – Hispaniola *''Janula erythrophthalma'' <small>(Simon, 1894)</small> – Panama, Lesser Antilles to Bolivia *''Janula flores'' <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> – Brazil *''Janula itaqui'' <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> – Brazil *''Janula jimmyi'' <small>(Chavari & Brescovit, 2014)</small> – Colombia *''Janula juarezi'' <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> – Mexico *''Janula luteolimbata'' <small>(Thorell, 1898)</small> – Myanmar *''Janula lutzenbergeri'' <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> – Brazil *''Janula malachina'' <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> – Peru, Brazil *''Janula mamiraua'' <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> – Brazil *''Janula manauara'' <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> – Brazil *''Janula marginata'' <small>(Thorell, 1898)</small> – Myanmar *''Janula modesta'' <small>(Thorell, 1898)</small> – Myanmar *''Janula moyobamba'' <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> – Peru *''Janula nadleri'' <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> – Bahama Is., Jamaica *''Janula nebulosa'' <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> – Panama, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay *''Janula ocreata'' <small>(Simon, 1909)</small> – Vietnam *''Janula panamensis'' <small>(Levi, 1955)</small> – Panama *''Janula parva'' <small>(Wunderlich, 2008)</small> – Malaysia *''Janula picta'' <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> – Singapore *''Janula pimenta'' <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> – Brazil *''Janula pyrus'' <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> – Panama *''Janula salobrensis'' <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> – Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil *''Janula seguro'' <small>E. N. L. Rodrigues, 2022</small> – Brazil *''Janula taprobanica'' <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> – Sri Lanka *''Janula teresopolis'' <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> – Brazil *''Janula triangularis'' <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> – Thailand, Singapore, Brunei (Borneo) *''Janula triocellata'' <small>Yoshida & Koh, 2011</small> – Borneo *''Janula unitus'' <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> – Cuba, Jamaica *''Janula vaticus'' <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> – Costa Rica, Panama *''Janula zurlus'' <small>(Levi, 1964)</small> – Venezuela {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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