# Smionia

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| name = 
| image = Smionia lineatipes 299778241 540097221.jpg
| image_caption = juvenile female ''S. lineatipes''
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| taxon = Smionia
| authority = Dalmas, 1920<ref name=wsc />
| type_species = ''[S. capensis](/source/Smionia_capensis)''
| type_species_authority = Dalmas, 1920
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = {{Specieslist
    |[S. capensis](/source/Smionia_capensis)|<small>Dalmas, 1920</small>
    |[S. lineatipes](/source/Smionia_lineatipes)|<small>([Purcell](/source/William_Frederick_Purcell), 1908)</small>
  }}
}}

'''''Smionia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [Africa](/source/Africa)n [ground spiders](/source/Gnaphosidae) that was first described by [R. de Dalmas](/source/Raymond_Comte_de_Dalmas) in 1920.<ref name=Dalm1920 />

==Species==
{{as of|2025|9}}, this genus includes two species:<ref name="wsc" />
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* ''[Smionia capensis](/source/Smionia_capensis)'' <small>Dalmas, 1920</small> – [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) (type species)
* ''[Smionia lineatipes](/source/Smionia_lineatipes)'' <small>([Purcell](/source/William_Frederick_Purcell), 1908)</small> – [Cabo Verde](/source/Cabo_Verde), [Botswana](/source/Botswana), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), South Africa
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
  <ref name=wsc>{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/990 | title=Genus Smionia | publisher=World Spider Catalog | accessdate=25 September 2025}}</ref>
  <ref name=Dalm1920>{{cite journal|last=Dalmas|first=R. de|year=1920|title=Deux nouveaux genres d'araignées de la famille des Gnaphosidae.|journal=Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris|pages=119–124|volume=1920 |doi=10.5962/bhl.part.1201 }}</ref>
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==External links==
* {{inaturalist taxon}}

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Category:Araneomorphae genera
Category:Gnaphosidae
Category:Spiders of South Africa

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