Ninetis Simon, 1890
General composition and distribution: 5 described species, Subsaharan Africa, Madagascar, and Yemen


Photo: Ninetis russelsmithi (from Huber 2002)

2 species in East Africa:
N. minuta (Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia)
N. russellsmithi (Malawi)

Known distribution in East Africa:



Literature

Huber, B. A. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. PDF (8MB)
Huber, B. A. 2002. Ninetis russellsmithi n. sp., an unusual new pholcid spider species from Malawi (Araneae: Pholcidae). Journal of Insect Science 2.4: 1-3.  PDF
Huber, B. A., El Hennawy, H. 2007. On Old World ninetine spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae), with a new genus and species and the first record for Madagascar. Zootaxa 1635: 45-53. PDF request