False wolf spiders Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Zoropsis spinimana

Eyes of a Titiotus sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882
Diversity^[1]
27 genera, 194 species

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.

The families Tengellidae and Zorocratidae are now included in Zoropsidae.^[3]

Genera

As of March 2019^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[1]

Akamasia Bosselaers, 2002 – Cyprus
Anachemmis Chamberlin, 1919 – United States, Mexico
Austrotengella Raven, 2012 – Australia
Birrana Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia
Cauquenia Piacentini, Ramírez & Silva, 2013
Chinja Polotow & Griswold, 2018 – Tanzania
Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 – 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
Phanotea Simon, 1896 – South Africa
Pseudoctenus Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya, Burundi, Malawi
Socalchemmis Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – United States, Mexico
Takeoa Lehtinen, 1967 – China, Korea, Japan
Tengella Dahl, 1901 – Mexico, Central America
Titiotus Simon, 1897 – United States
Uliodon L. Koch, 1873 – New Zealand, Australia
Wiltona Koçak & Kemal, 2008 – New Zealand
Zorocrates Simon, 1888 – United States, Mexico, El Salvador
Zoropsis Simon, 1878 – Asia, Europe, Africa, United States

References

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^ ^a ^b "Family: Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
^ Bertkau, P. (1882). "Über das Cribellum und Calamistrum". Ein Beitrag zur Histologie, Biologie und Systematik der Spinnen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 48: 316–362.
^ Polotow, Daniele; Carmichael, Anthea & Griswold, Charles E. (2015). "Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 29 (2): 124–163. doi:10.1071/IS14041.