Carniella

Carniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Carniella; Thaler & Steinberger, 1988
Type species
	C. brignolii; Thaler & Steinberger, 1988
Species
	15, see text
Synonyms
	Marianana Georgescu, 1989;

Carniella is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by K. Thaler & K.-H. Steinberger in 1988.^[3]

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Asia, Europe, with one species endemic to Angola.^[1]

As of October 2025, this genus includes fifteen species:^[1]

Carniella brignolii Thaler & Steinberger, 1988 – Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania (type species)
Carniella coreana Kim & Yoo, 2018 – Korea
Carniella detriticola (Miller, 1970) – Angola
Carniella foliosa Gao & Li, 2014 – China
Carniella forficata Gao & Li, 2014 – China
Carniella globifera (Simon, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
Carniella krakatauensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Indonesia (Krakatau)
Carniella nepalensis Tanasevitch & Marusik, 2020 – Nepal
Carniella orites Knoflach, 1996 – Thailand
Carniella schwendingeri Knoflach, 1996 – Thailand
Carniella siam Knoflach, 1996 – Thailand
Carniella strumifera Gao & Li, 2014 – China
Carniella sumatraensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
Carniella tsurui Ono, 2007 – Taiwan
Carniella weyersi (Brignoli, 1979) – China, Indonesia (Sumatra)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Gen. Carniella Thaler & Steinberger, 1988". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
^ Nae, A. (2012). "Carniella mihaili (Georgescu, 1994) – new combination of genus and description of the male (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Travaux de l'Institut de Spéologie "Émile Racovitza". 51: 2.
^ Thaler, K.; Steinberger, K.-H. (1988). "Zwei neue Zwerg-Kugelspinnen aus Österreich (Arachnida: Aranei, Theridiidae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 95: 997–1004. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.81946.