Zoropsis spinimana

Taxobox
name = "Zoropsis spinimana"

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image_caption = Male "Zoropsis spinimana"
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Zoropsidae
genus = "Zoropsis"
species = "Z. spinimana"
binomial = "Zoropsis spinimana"
binomial_authority = (Dufour, 1820)
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Males of the spider species "Zoropsis spinimana" reach a length of about 10mm, females up to 15mm. This spider looks rather like a wolf spider. It can be found on forest edges under rocks and bark, where it hunts for its prey during the night. Like all zoropsid spiders, it does not build a web for this but hunts freely and often seeks refuge in a house. Since this spider cannot survive in harsh climates, the house is the most common place to find them since the temperature is more mild and the food is abundant. It is distributed widely in the Mediterranean, but reaches into Russia, and was introduced to the United States.

References

*Davidson, Keay (Jan. 26, 2006). [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/26/BAGHRGT0E11.DTL "House Spider Migrant Setting Up In Bay Area".] "San Francisco Chronicle."

*Griswold, Charles E. and Ubick, Darrell (2001). [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v29_n1/arac_29_01_0111.pdf "Zoropsidae: A Spider Family Newly Introduced to the USA".] "The Journal of Arachnology" 29:111-113.

*Vetter, Rick (May-June 2002). "Zoropsis spinimana: A Mediterranean spider in the San Francisco Bay Area makes some cry wolf". "Outdoor California Magazine" Vol. 63, No. 3.

External links

* [http://www.calacademy.net/science_now/invasive_species/zoropsis_spinimana.php Invasive Species: "Zoropsis spinimana"] (California Academy of Sciences)

* [http://spiders.ucr.edu/images/zorspi.jpgZoropsis spinimana] (U.C. Riverside Photo Gallery)