Zoropsidae
Family of spiders
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Zoropsidae, also known as false wolf spiders for their physical similarity to wolf spiders, is a family of cribellate araneomorph spiders first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1882.[2] They can be distinguished from wolf spiders by their two rows of eyes that are more equal in size than those of Lycosidae.
| False wolf spiders Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Zoropsis spinimana | |
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| Griswoldia urbensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 28 genera, 186 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
The families Tengellidae and Zorocratidae are now included in Zoropsidae.[3]
Genera
As of January 2026[update], this family includes 28 genera and 186 species:[1]
- Akamasia Bosselaers, 2002 – Cyprus
- Anachemmis Chamberlin, 1919 – Mexico, United States
- Austrotengella Raven, 2012 – Australia
- Birrana Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia
- Cauquenia Piacentini, Ramírez & Silva, 2013 – Chile
- Chinja Polotow & Griswold, 2018 – Tanzania
- Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Argentina, Brazil
- Devendra Lehtinen, 1967 – Sri Lanka
- Griswoldia Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué, 1997 – South Africa
- Hoedillus Simon, 1898 – Guatemala, Nicaragua
- Huntia Gray & Thompson, 2001 – Australia
- Itatiaya Mello-Leitão, 1915 – Brazil
- Kilyana Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia
- Krukt Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia
- Lauricius Simon, 1888 – Mexico, United States
- Liocranoides Keyserling, 1881 – United States
- Megateg Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia
- Pamiropsis Marusik & Fomichev, 2024 – Tajikistan
- Phanotea Simon, 1896 – South Africa
- Pseudoctenus Caporiacco, 1949 – Burundi, Kenya, Malawi
- Socalchemmis Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – Mexico, United States
- Takeoa Lehtinen, 1967 – China, Japan, Korea, Russia
- Tengella Dahl, 1901 – Nicaragua, Mexico
- Titiotus Simon, 1897 – United States
- Uliodon L. Koch, 1873 – New Zealand
- Wiltona Koçak & Kemal, 2008 – New Zealand
- Zorocrates Simon, 1888 – Mexico, United States, possibly Central America
- Zoropsis Simon, 1878 – Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Asia, Europe, North Africa, Western Mediterranean. Introduced to Azores, United States
