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Species Zoropsis spinimana

False Wolf Spider - Zoropsis spinimana Zoropsis, eyes - Zoropsis spinimana - female Zoropsis spinimana - female Zoropsis spinimana? - Zoropsis spinimana - male Zoropsis spinimana? - Zoropsis spinimana - male The one that came to dinner - Zoropsis spinimana Spider in our mailbox - Zoropsis spinimana Not a wolf, but a what? - Zoropsis spinimana
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)
Genus Zoropsis
Species spinimana (Zoropsis spinimana)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Identification
Epigynum:
Range
Introduced into the Bay Area of California.
Remarks
Native to the Mediterranean coastal countries and northern Africa
Print References
Griswold, C. E. & D. Ubick. 2001. Zoropsidae: a spider family newly introduced to the USA (Araneae, Entelegynae, Lycosoidea). J. Arachnol. 29: 111-113
Internet References
(pdf) Griswold, C. E. & D. Ubick. 2001. Zoropsidae: a spider family newly introduced to the USA (Araneae, Entelegynae, Lycosoidea). J. Arachnol. 29: 111-113
www.physorg.com - Image, article and information on CA tracking project.
www.ipm.ucdavis.edu - Image and information, also includes tracking information.