Genus Spinepeira Levi, 1995

Type species. Spinepeira schlingeri Levi, 1995

Diagnosis. Females Spinepeira species can be distinguished from other Araneidae genera by the combination of the following characteristics: posterior eye row procuved; carapace without modifications; one anterior median tubercle, a pair of dorsal projections, two posterior median tubercles (Levi 1995: figs 16, 17) and short scape 2x wider than long (Fig. 2D, E).

Distribution. Ecuador and Peru.

Composition. Spinepeira erwini sp. nov., S. schlingeri Levi, 1995 .