Zorinae

Zorinae
Zora silvestris (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Miturgidae
Simon, 1886
Subfamily: Zorinae
Genera

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Diversity
13 genera, 73 species

The Zorinae are a spider subfamily of the Miturgidae,[1] with more than 70 described species in 13 genera.

Spiders in this family hunt without webs.

It is very hard to determine species without high quality images of the genitalia.

Distribution

Most species occur in the tropics (South America, Australia, Africa, Asia). The species Israzorides judaeus is endemic to Israel, and several species of the genus Zora can be found in colder climates, including the U.S. and Europe up to Sweden.

Genera

Gallery of natural light images

See also

References

  1. Ramírez, M. 2014. The morphology and phylogeny of Dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 390, 1–374.

External links

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