Hygrocrates Explained

Hygrocrates is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold & P. R. Deeleman in 1988.^[1]

Species

it contains five species:^[2]

• Hygrocrates caucasicus Dunin, 1992 – Georgia
• Hygrocrates deelemanus Kunt & Yağmur, 2011 – Turkey
• Hygrocrates georgicus (Mcheidze, 1972) – Georgia
• Hygrocrates kovblyuki Kunt & Marusik, 2013 – Turkey
• Hygrocrates lycaoniae (Brignoli, 1978) (type) – Greece (Rhodes), Turkey

Notes and References

1. Deeleman-Reinhold. C. L.. Deeleman. P. R.. 1988. Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées.. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 141–269. 131.
2. Gen. Hygrocrates Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-02. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.