Zoropsidae

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.

False wolf spiders
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Zoropsis spinimana
Eyes of a Titiotus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Bertkau, 1882
Diversity[1]
27 genera, 194 species

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. "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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