Zoropsidae

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 65 species in 12 genera found primarily in Australia and South Africa. 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)

See also

• List of Zoropsidae species
• Spider families

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

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