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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » False Wolf Spiders & Wandering Spiders (Zoropsidae)

Family Zoropsidae - False Wolf Spiders & Wandering Spiders

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Zoropsidae (False Wolf Spiders & Wandering Spiders)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

All species in the family Tengellidae and Zorocratidae were moved to Zoropsidae by Polotow, Carmichael, & Griswold, 2015.(1)

Numbers

7 Genera; 48 Species in our range(2)

Genus Anachemmis - 5 species

Genus Lauricius - 1 species

Genus Liocranoides - 5 species

Genus Socalchemmis - 14 species

Genus Titiotus - 16 species

Genus Zorocrates - 5 species

Genus Zoropsis - 1 species

Size

5.0-20.0 mm(2)

Identification

Not diagnostic, but some helpful features:(2)

2 claws

8 eyes

Legs laterigrade (prograde in Lauricius sp.)

Many spines on the ventral tibia

Zoropsid egg sacs are "attached to the substrate and covered by a tangle of cribellate silk," according to the Spiders of North America manual. ~ Charley Eiseman, 5 June, 2009 - 12:47pm

Range

Southwest

Habitat

Wandering hunters. Many are ground dwelling and nocturnal.(2)

See Also

Internet References

Works Cited

1.	Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae) Polotow, Carmichael, & Griswold. 2015. Invertebrate Systematics 29: 124-163.

2.	Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual D. Ubick, P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing and V. Roth (eds). 2005. American Arachnological Society.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 15 May, 2005 - 7:57pm
Additional contributions by Devin Carroll, Mandy Howe, Laura P., Nathaniel Green
Last updated 9 March, 2021 - 4:48pm

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