Stegodyphus

Stegodyphus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1873. They are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with two species (S. manaus and S. annulipes) found in Brazil. The name is derived from Ancient Greek στέγω (stegos), meaning 'covered'. At least three species are social spiders, and several are known to use ballooning as a method of dispersal. As of May 2019 it contains twenty species: