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:
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| Zoropsis spinimana | |
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| Eyes of a Titiotus sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 27 genera, 194 species | |
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The families Tengellidae and Zorocratidae are now included in Zoropsidae.[3]
Genera
editAs of March 2019[update], 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
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- ^ a b "Family: Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ Bertkau, P. (1882). "Über das Cribellum und Calamistrum". Ein Beitrag zur Histologie, Biologie und Systematik der Spinnen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 48: 316–362.
- ^ 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.