Uroctea

<i>Uroctea</i>

Uroctea

Genus of spiders

Uroctea is a genus of spiders that is found in Eurasia and Africa. It is sometimes put into its own family, Urocteidae. Their tent-like web is very similar to the ones Oecobius builds; but Uroctea species do not have a cribellum.

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Species

The 18 species of this genus include:[1]

  • Uroctea compactilis L. Koch, 1878 (China, Korea, Japan)
  • Uroctea concolor Simon, 1882 (Yemen)
  • Uroctea durandi (Latreille, 1809) (Mediterranean)
  • Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960 (Iran, Afghanistan)
  • Uroctea hashemitorum Bosselaers, 1999 (Jordan)
  • Uroctea indica Pocock, 1900 (India)
  • Uroctea lesserti Schenkel, 1936 (China, Korea)
  • Uroctea limbata (C. L. Koch, 1843) (Palearctic)
  • Uroctea manii Patel, 1987 (India)
  • Uroctea matthaii Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
  • Uroctea paivani (Blackwall, 1868) (Canary Is., Cape Verde Is.)
  • Uroctea quinquenotata Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
  • Uroctea schinzi Simon, 1887 (South Africa)
  • Uroctea semilimbata Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
  • Uroctea septemnotata Tucker, 1920 (Namibia, South Africa)
  • Uroctea septempunctata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Israel)
  • Uroctea sudanensis Benoit, 1966 (Sudan, Somalia, Yemen)
  • Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & Harten, 2007 (Turkey, Israel, Iran, Yemen, India)

References

  1. [1]
    "Uroctea". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 17 July 2017.


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