Liocranidae Explained

Liocranidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.^[1] They are one of several groups called "sac spiders". The holarctic genus Agroeca is the best-known, but it also includes various genera of more obscure spiders that still lack a diagnosis. Two species in the North American genus Neoanagraphis are found in the extremely dry conditions in the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts. Females live in animal burrows while males wander and are the ones most often caught in pitfall traps.

Genera

See main article: List of Liocranidae species., the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[2]

• Agraecina Simon, 1932 — Europe, Africa, Kazakhstan
• Agroeca Westring, 1861 — Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, North America
• Andromma Simon, 1893 — Africa
• Apostenus Westring, 1851 — Africa, United States, Europe
• Arabelia Bosselaers, 2009 — Greece, Turkey
• Argistes Simon, 1897 — Sri Lanka
• Coryssiphus Simon, 1903 — South Africa
• Cteniogaster Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2013 — Tanzania, Kenya
• Cybaeodes Simon, 1878 — Europe, Algeria
• Donuea Strand, 1932 — Madagascar
• Hesperocranum Ubick & Platnick, 1991 — United States
• Jacaena Thorell, 1897 — Asia
• Koppe Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Asia, Papua New Guinea
• Laudetia Gertsch, 1941 — Dominica
• Liocranoeca Wunderlich, 1999 — United States, Europe, Russia
• Liocranum L. Koch, 1866 — Europe, Ethiopia, Asia, Papua New Guinea, Cuba
• Liparochrysis Simon, 1909 — Australia
• Mesiotelus Simon, 1897 — Europe, Asia, Kenya
• Mesobria Simon, 1898 — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Neoanagraphis Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 — United States, Mexico
• Oedignatha Thorell, 1881 — Asia, Oceania, Seychelles
• Paratus Simon, 1898 — Asia
• Platnick Marusik & Fomichev, 2020 — Tajikistan
• Rhaeboctesis Simon, 1897 — Angola, Namibia, South Africa
• Sagana Thorell, 1875 — Europe, the Caucasus
• Scotina Menge, 1873 — Algeria, Malta, Asia
• Sesieutes Simon, 1897 — Asia
• Sestakovaia Zamani & Marusik, 2021 — Europe, Iran
• Sphingius Thorell, 1890 — Asia
• Sudharmia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Indonesia
• Teutamus Thorell, 1890 — Asia
• Toxoniella Warui & Jocqué, 2002 — Kenya
• Vankeeria Bosselaers, 2012 — Greece
• Xenoplectus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958 — Argentina

See also

• List of Liocranidae species

External links

• Arachnology Home Pages: Araneae

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1897. Histoire naturelle des araignées. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
2. Web site: Family: Liocranidae Simon, 1897. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-21. Natural History Museum Bern.