# Glenognatha

Glenognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887. It was considerably revised in 2016.

## Species

As of March 2021 it contains thirty-six species, found in North America, Central America, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, Africa, on the French Polynesian Islands, and Saint Helena:
* Glenognatha argenteoguttata (Berland, 1935) – Marquesas Is.
* Glenognatha argyrostilba (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Niger, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia. Introduced to Caribbean, Ecuador (mainland, Galapagos Is.), Brazil, St. Helena
* Glenognatha australis (Keyserling, 1883) – Ecuador to Argentina
* Glenognatha boraceia Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Brazil
* Glenognatha caaguara Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Brazil
* Glenognatha camisea Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Peru
* Glenognatha caparu Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
* Glenognatha caporiaccoi Platnick, 1993 – Guyana
* Glenognatha chamberlini (Berland, 1942) – French Polynesia (Austral Is.)
* Glenognatha dentata (Zhu & Wen, 1978) – China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines
* Glenognatha emertoni Simon, 1887 (type) – USA
* Glenognatha florezi Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Colombia
* Glenognatha foxi (McCook, 1894) – Canada to Panama
* Glenognatha ganeshi (Bodkhe, Manthen & Tanikawa, 2014) — India
* Glenognatha gaujoni Simon, 1895 – Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
* Glenognatha globosa (Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
* Glenognatha gloriae (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico
* Glenognatha gouldi Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – USA, Mexico
* Glenognatha heleios Hormiga, 1990 – USA
* Glenognatha hirsutissima (Berland, 1935) – Marquesas Is.
* Glenognatha iviei Levi, 1980 – USA
* Glenognatha januari Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Brazil
* Glenognatha lacteovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
* Glenognatha ledouxi Dierkens, 2016 – French Polynesia (Society Is.: Tahiti)
* Glenognatha mendezi Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador
* Glenognatha minuta Banks, 1898 – Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Rep.
* Glenognatha nigromaculata (Berland, 1933) – Marquesas Is.
* Glenognatha osawai Baba & Tanikawa, 2018 – Japan
* Glenognatha paullula Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020 — India
* Glenognatha patriceae Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Colombia
* Glenognatha phalangiops (Berland, 1942) – French Polynesia (Austral Is.)
* Glenognatha smilodon Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 – Cameroon
* Glenognatha spherella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico to Peru
* Glenognatha tangi (Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003) – China, Myanmar
* Glenognatha timbira Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Brazil
* Glenognatha vivianae Cabra-García & Brescovit, 2016 – Brazil
In synonymy:
* G. atlantica (Holm, 1969) = Glenognatha argyrostilba (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)
* G. centralis Chamberlin, 1925 = Glenognatha minuta Banks, 1898
* G. hawigtenera (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) = Glenognatha dentata (Zhu & Wen, 1978)
* G. maelfaiti Baert, 1987 = Glenognatha argyrostilba (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)
* G. mira Bryant, 1945 = Glenognatha argyrostilba (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)
* G. montana (Simon, 1897) = Glenognatha argyrostilba (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)