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Zoropsidae

False wolf spiders
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Zoropsis spinimana.jpg
Zoropsis spinimana
Titiotus sp. head view.jpg
Eyes of a Titiotus sp.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Bertkau, 1882
Diversity[1]
27 genera, 194 species
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Zoropsidae, also known as false wolf spiders for their physical similarity to wolf spiders, is a family of cribellate araneomorph spiders first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1882.[2] They can be distinguished from wolf spiders by their two rows of eyes that are more equal in size than those of Lycosidae.

The families Tengellidae and Zorocratidae are now included in Zoropsidae.[3]

Genera

As of March 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]

  • Akamasia Bosselaers, 2002 – Cyprus
  • Anachemmis Chamberlin, 1919 – United States, Mexico
  • Austrotengella Raven, 2012 – Australia
  • Birrana Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia
  • Cauquenia Piacentini, Ramírez & Silva, 2013
  • Chinja Polotow & Griswold, 2018 – Tanzania
  • Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Devendra Lehtinen, 1967 – Sri Lanka
  • Griswoldia Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué, 1997 – South Africa
  • Hoedillus Simon, 1898 – Guatemala, Nicaragua
  • Huntia Gray & Thompson, 2001 – Australia
  • Itatiaya Mello-Leitão, 1915 – Brazil
  • Kilyana Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia
  • Krukt Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia
  • Lauricius Simon, 1888 – Mexico, United States
  • Liocranoides Keyserling, 1881 – United States
  • Megateg Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia
  • Phanotea Simon, 1896 – South Africa
  • Pseudoctenus Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya, Burundi, Malawi
  • Socalchemmis Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – United States, Mexico
  • Takeoa Lehtinen, 1967 – China, Korea, Japan
  • Tengella Dahl, 1901 – Mexico, Central America
  • Titiotus Simon, 1897 – United States
  • Uliodon L. Koch, 1873 – New Zealand, Australia
  • Wiltona Koçak & Kemal, 2008 – New Zealand
  • Zorocrates Simon, 1888 – United States, Mexico, El Salvador
  • Zoropsis Simon, 1878 – Asia, Europe, Africa, United States

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Family: Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  2. ^ Bertkau, P. (1882). "Über das Cribellum und Calamistrum". Ein Beitrag zur Histologie, Biologie und Systematik der Spinnen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 48: 316–362.
  3. ^ Polotow, Daniele; Carmichael, Anthea & Griswold, Charles E. (2015). "Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 29 (2): 124–163. doi:10.1071/IS14041.

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