Smeringopus Simon, 1890

With 55 species, Smeringopus is currently the most species-rich Afrotropical pholcid genus. Eighteen species in eight species groups have been described from East Africa (Huber 2012). Three species groups are endemic to East Africa: rubrotinctus group (5 species), chogoria group (2 species) and S. ngangao . The other five groups (arambourgi group; peregrinus group; roeweri group; S. pallidus (Blackwall, 1858); S. lesserti Kraus, 1957) are more widely distributed (Huber 2012) (Fig. 26).

57. Smeringopus bujongolo Huber, 2012 . Uganda, Congo DR (Huber 2012).

58. Smeringopus butare Huber, 2012 . Congo DR, Burundi, Rwanda (Huber 2012).

59. Smeringopus bwindi Huber, 2012 . Congo DR, Uganda (Huber 2012).

60. Smeringopus carli Lessert, 1915 . Uganda (Lessert 1915), Tanzania (Huber 2012).

61. Smeringopus chogoria Huber, 2012 . Kenya (Huber 2012).

62. Smeringopus lesserti Kraus, 1957 . Congo DR (Huber 2012).

63. Smeringopus lubondai Huber, 2012 . Congo DR (Huber 2012).

64. Smeringopus mgahinga Huber, 2012 . Congo DR, Uganda (Huber 2012).

65. Smeringopus mpanga Huber, 2012 . Uganda (Huber 2012).

66. Smeringopus ngangao Huber, 2012 . Kenya, Tanzania (Huber 2012).

67. Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858) . Burundi, Congo DR, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda (Huber 2012).

68. Smeringopus peregrinoides Kraus, 1957 . Rwanda, Tanzania (Kraus 1957; Huber 2012), Congo DR, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya (Huber 2012).

69. Smeringopus peregrinus Strand, 1906 . Tanzania (Strand 1906b; Tullgren 1910; Huber 2012), Kenya, Uganda (Huber 2012).

70. Smeringopus roeweri Kraus, 1957 . Rwanda (Kraus 1957), Congo DR, Malawi, Tanzania (Huber 2012).

71. Smeringopus rubrotinctus Strand, 1913 . Rwanda (Strand 1913; Huber 2012), Burundi (Huber 2012).

72. Smeringopus ruhiza Huber, 2012 . Burundi, Uganda (Huber 2012).

73. Smeringopus turkana Huber, 2012 . Kenya, Ethiopia (Huber 2012).

74. Smeringopus zonatus Strand, 1906 . Ethiopia (Strand 1906a).