Liocranidae
| Sac spiders Temporal range:
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| Liocranum rupicola | |
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| Egg sac ofAgroeca brunnea | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Liocranidae Simon,1897 |
| Diversity | |
| 34 genera,296 species | |
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Liocranidaeis afamilyofaraneomorphspidersfirst described byEugène Simonin 1897.[1]They are one of several groups called "sac spiders". TheholarcticgenusAgroecais the best-known, but it also includes various genera of more obscure spiders that still lack a diagnosis. Two species in theNorth AmericangenusNeoanagraphisare found in the extremely dry conditions in theMojave,SonoranandChihuahuandeserts. Females live in animal burrows while males wander and are the ones most often caught inpitfall traps.
Genera
[edit]As of August 2021[update],theWorld Spider Catalogaccepts the following genera:[2]
- AgraecinaSimon, 1932— Europe, Africa, Kazakhstan
- AgroecaWestring, 1861— Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, North America
- AndrommaSimon, 1893— Africa
- ApostenusWestring, 1851— Africa, United States, Europe
- ArabeliaBosselaers, 2009— Greece, Turkey
- ArgistesSimon, 1897— Sri Lanka
- CoryssiphusSimon, 1903— South Africa
- CteniogasterBosselaers & Jocqué, 2013— Tanzania, Kenya
- CybaeodesSimon, 1878— Europe, Algeria
- DonueaStrand, 1932— Madagascar
- HesperocranumUbick & Platnick, 1991— United States
- JacaenaThorell, 1897— Asia
- KoppeDeeleman-Reinhold, 2001— Asia, Papua New Guinea
- LaudetiaGertsch, 1941— Dominica
- LiocranoecaWunderlich, 1999— United States, Europe, Russia
- LiocranumL. Koch, 1866— Europe, Ethiopia, Asia, Papua New Guinea, Cuba
- LiparochrysisSimon, 1909— Australia
- MesiotelusSimon, 1897— Europe, Asia, Kenya
- MesobriaSimon, 1898— Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- NeoanagraphisGertsch & Mulaik, 1936— United States, Mexico
- OedignathaThorell, 1881— Asia, Oceania, Seychelles
- ParatusSimon, 1898— Asia
- PlatnickMarusik & Fomichev, 2020— Tajikistan
- RhaeboctesisSimon, 1897— Angola, Namibia, South Africa
- SaganaThorell, 1875— Europe, the Caucasus
- ScotinaMenge, 1873— Algeria, Malta, Asia
- SesieutesSimon, 1897— Asia
- SestakovaiaZamani & Marusik, 2021— Europe, Iran
- SphingiusThorell, 1890— Asia
- SudharmiaDeeleman-Reinhold, 2001— Indonesia
- TeutamusThorell, 1890— Asia
- ToxoniellaWarui & Jocqué, 2002— Kenya
- VankeeriaBosselaers, 2012— Greece
- XenoplectusSchiapelli & Gerschman, 1958— Argentina
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Simon, E. (1897).Histoire naturelle des araignées.doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^"Family: Liocranidae Simon, 1897".World Spider Catalog.Natural History Museum Bern.Retrieved2019-04-21.
External links
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