Zoropsidae
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. 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.
Genera
, this family includes 28 genera and 186 species:Akamasia Bosselaers, 2002 – CyprusAnachemmis Chamberlin, 1919 – Mexico, United StatesAustrotengella Raven, 2012 – AustraliaBirrana Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – AustraliaCauquenia Piacentini, Ramírez & Silva, 2013 – ChileChinja Polotow & Griswold, 2018 – TanzaniaCiniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Argentina, BrazilDevendra Lehtinen, 1967 – Sri LankaGriswoldia Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué, 1997 – South AfricaHoedillus Simon, 1898 – Guatemala, NicaraguaHuntia Gray & Thompson, 2001 – AustraliaItatiaya Mello-Leitão, 1915 – BrazilKilyana Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – AustraliaKrukt Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – AustraliaLauricius Simon, 1888 – Mexico, United StatesLiocranoides Keyserling, 1881 – United StatesMegateg Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – AustraliaPamiropsis Marusik & Fomichev, 2024 – TajikistanPhanotea Simon, 1896 – South AfricaPseudoctenus Caporiacco, 1949 – Burundi, Kenya, MalawiSocalchemmis Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – Mexico, United StatesTakeoa Lehtinen, 1967 – China, Japan, Korea, RussiaTengella Dahl, 1901 – Nicaragua, MexicoTitiotus Simon, 1897 – United StatesUliodon L. Koch, 1873 – New ZealandWiltona Koçak & Kemal, 2008 – New ZealandZorocrates Simon, 1888 – Mexico, United States, possibly Central AmericaZoropsis Simon, 1878 – Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Asia, Europe, North Africa, Western Mediterranean. Introduced to Azores, United States