title: Smeringopus
text: # Smeringopus
  
  Smeringopus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1890.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of June 2019 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
  