Liocranidae

Liocranidae
Liocranum rupicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Liocranidae
Simon, 1897
Genera

Agroeca
Neoanagraphis
many others

Diversity
30 genera, > 150 species

Liocranidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, consisting of about 160 species of wandering spiders in 30 or so genera. Along with other groups, they are sometimes called "sac spiders". The best known are those in the Holarctic genus Agroeca. Various genera of rather obscure spiders are included in the family, which still lacks a diagnosis. Two species in the North American genus Neoanagraphis are found in often hyperarid conditions in the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts. The females apparently live in animal burrows and the males wander and are often caught in pitfall traps.

Genera

Egg sac of Agroeca brunnea

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera:[1]

  • Agraecina Simon, 1932
  • Agroeca Westring, 1861
  • Andromma Simon, 1893
  • Apostenus Westring, 1851
  • Arabelia Bosselaers, 2009
  • Argistes Simon, 1897
  • Coryssiphus Simon, 1903
  • Cteniogaster Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2013
  • Cybaeodes Simon, 1878
  • Donuea Strand, 1932
  • Hesperocranum Ubick & Platnick, 1991
  • Jacaena Thorell, 1897
  • Koppe Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
  • Laudetia Gertsch, 1941
  • Liocranoeca Wunderlich, 1999
  • Liocranum L. Koch, 1866
  • Liparochrysis Simon, 1909
  • Mesiotelus Simon, 1897
  • Mesobria Simon, 1897
  • Neoanagraphis Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936
  • Oedignatha Thorell, 1881
  • Paratus Simon, 1898
  • Rhaeboctesis Simon, 1897
  • Sagana Thorell, 1875
  • Scotina Menge, 1873
  • Sesieutes Simon, 1897
  • Sphingius Thorell, 1890
  • Sudharmia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
  • Teutamus Thorell, 1890
  • Toxoniella Warui & Jocqué, 2002
  • Vankeeria Bosselaers, 2012

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Family: Liocranidae Simon, 1897", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-19
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