Curled spiders

This article covers the spider family, the Zoropsidae. Other spider families with similar names are the crinkle spiders (Dictynidae) and crinkle wheel web spiders (Uloboridae).

Curled spiders
Zoropsis spinimana
Systematics
Class : Arachnids (arachnida) Order : Spiders (Araneae) Subordination : Real spiders (Araneomorphae) Partial order : Entelegynae Superfamily : Lycosoidea Family : Curled spiders
Scientific name
Zoropsidae
Bertkau , 1882

The curled spiders (Zoropsidae) are a family of the real spiders (Araneomorphae) and belong to the superfamily of the Lycosoidea . The family includes 26 genera with 178 species worldwide . (As of November 2017)

distribution

Distribution map of curly spiders

The main ranges of the curled spiders are the Mediterranean area , South Africa , Australia and New Zealand , Japan , Korea and parts of China . In addition, Zoropsis spinimana was introduced on the west coast of the USA and now also in Central Europe . Due to climate change, it is also beginning to settle in southern Germany.

description

Curled spiders have a wolf spider-like build and are free-hunted spiders. In contrast to the wolf spiders (Lycosidae), however, they are cribellate spiders , i.e. they produce a fine catching wool instead of coarser adhesive threads.

Systematics

The World Spider Catalog currently lists 26 genera and 178 species of curled spiders. (As of November 2017)

• Akamasia Bosselaers , 2002
  • Akamasia cyprogenia ( Bosselaers , 1997)
• Anachemmis Chamberlin , 1919
• Austrotengella Raven , 2012
• Birrana Raven & Stumkat , 2005
  • Birrana bulburin Raven & Stumkat , 2005
• Cauquenia Piacentini, Ramírez & Silva , 2013
  • Cauquenia maule Piacentini, Ramírez & Silva , 2013
• Ciniflella Mello-Leitão , 1921
  • Ciniflella lutea Mello-Leitão , 1921
• Devendra Lehtinen , 1967
• Griswoldia Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué , 1997
• Hoedillus Simon , 1898
  • Hoedillus sexpunctatus Simon , 1898
• Huntia Gray & Thompson , 2001
• Itatiaya Mello-Leitão , 1915
• Kilyana Raven & Stumkat , 2005
• Krukt Raven & Stumkat , 2005
• Lauricius Simon , 1888
• Liocranoides Keyserling , 1881
• Megateg Raven & Stumkat , 2005
• Phanotea Simon , 1896
• Pseudoctenus Caporiacco , 1949
• Socalchemmis Platnick & Ubick , 2001
• Takeoa Lehtinen , 1967
• Tengella Dahl , 1901
• Titiotus Simon , 1897
• Uliodon Koch , 1873
• Wiltona Koçak & Kemal , 2008
  • Wiltona filicicola ( Forster & Wilton , 1973)
• Zorocrates Simon , 1888
• Zoropsis Simon , 1878

Web links

Commons : Curled Spiders (Zoropsidae)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Zoropsidae in the World Spider Catalog

literature

• Heiko Bellmann : Cosmos Atlas Arachnids of Europe . 2nd Edition. Kosmos-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-440-09071-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 17.0 - Zoropsidae . Retrieved May 1, 2016.
2. ↑ Griswold, CE and Ubick, D. (2001): Zoropsidae: A Spider Family Newly Introduced to the USA . The Journal of Arachnology 29: 111-113. (PDF; 146 kB)
3. ↑ Hänggi, A. and Bolzern, A. (2006): Zoropsis spinimana (Araneae: Zoropsidae) new for Germany . Arachnol. Mitt. 32: 8-10, 2006
4. ↑ Curled spider: Tarantula-like spider is spreading in Munich . In: N24.de . ( n24.de [accessed on October 16, 2016]).