Zoropsidae

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Zoropsis spinimana"
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
superfamilia = Lycosoidea
familia = Zoropsidae
familia_authority = Bertkau, 1882
diversity_link = List of Zoropsidae species
diversity = 12 genera, 76 species
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Uliodon"
"Zoropsis"
others, see text

Zoropsidae is a family of uncommon, somewhat wolf spider-like, wandering, cribellate spiders. The eye arrangement is not like that of wolf spiders as the eyes are in two rows and are more equal in size. Little is known of their biology, but they include about 20 species in 5 genera found primarily in New Zealand, Eurasia, and the Mediterranean area. One species, "Zoropsis spinimana", was accidentally introduced to the United States.

Genera

* "Akamasia" Bosselaers, 2002 — Cyprus (1 species)
* "Birrana" Raven & Stumkat, 2005 — Australia (1 species)
* "Devendra" Lehtinen, 1967 — Sri Lanka (3 species)
* "Griswoldia" Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué, 1997 — South Africa (12 species)
* "Huntia" Gray & Thompson, 2001 — Australia (2 species)
* "Kilyana" Raven & Stumkat, 2005 — Australia (10 species)
* "Krukt" Raven & Stumkat, 2005 — Australia (5 species)
* "Megateg" Raven & Stumkat, 2005 — Australia (8 species)
* "Phanotea" Simon, 1896 — South Africa (13 species)
* "Takeoa" Lehtinen, 1967 — China, Korea, Japan (2 species)
* "Uliodon" L. Koch, 1873 — New Zealand, Australia (5 species)
* "Zoropsis" Simon, 1878 — Mediterranean, Ukraine, Korea (13 species)

ee also

* List of Zoropsidae species
* Spider families

References

* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links