- Zorocratid spider
Taxobox
name = Zorocratid spiders
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo =Araneae
superfamilia =Lycosoidea
familia = Zorocratidae
familia_authority = Dahl, 1913
diversity_link = List of Zorocratidae species
diversity = 5 genera, 21 species
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Uduba "
"Zorocrates "Zorocratid spiders are uncommon, somewhat
wolf spider -like, wanderingspider s. The eye arrangement is not like that of wolf spiders as the posterior eyes are not enlarged and the eyes are in two rows. Little is known of their biology, but they include about 20 species in 5 genera found primarily inAfrica ,Madagascar , andNorth America . The North American species all belong to the genus "Zorocrates". The genus "Uduba" is known only from Madagascar. The odd distribution seems to indicate a connection with continental drift and the family was apparently broken up with the final separation of Africa and the Americas.Twenty new "Zorocrates" species were described from
Mexico andTexas in 2007 (Platnick & Ubick, 2007).Genera
* "
Campostichomma " Karsch, 1891 —Sri Lanka (1 species)
* "Raecius " Simon, 1892 — Africa (6 species)
* "Uduba " Simon, 1880 — Madagascar (2 species)
* "Zorocrates " Simon, 1888 — U.S. toPanama (30 species)
* "Zorodictyna " Strand, 1907 — Madagascar (2 species)ee also
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List of Zorocratidae species
*Spider families References
* Platnick, N.I. & Ubick, D. (2007). A revision of the spider genus "Zorocrates" Simon (Araneae, Zorocratidae). "American Museum novitates" 3579. [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5869 PDF] (11Mb)
External links
* [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html Platnick, N.I. 2007. World Spider Catalog]
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