Liocranoides Explained

Liocranoides is a genus of American false wolf spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.^[1] They live in habitats with cold surfaces, such as caves.^[2] It was transferred from the sac spiders to the Tengellidae in 1967,^[3] which was later merged with Zoropsidae.^[4]

Species

it contains five species, found Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia:^[5]

• Liocranoides archeri Platnick, 1999 – USA
• Liocranoides coylei Platnick, 1999 – USA
• Liocranoides gertschi Platnick, 1999 – USA
• Liocranoides tennesseensis Platnick, 1999 – USA
• Liocranoides unicolor Keyserling, 1881 (type) – USA

See also

• List of Zoropsidae species

Notes and References

1. Keyserling. E.. 1881. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 269–314. 31. 10.5962/bhl.part.20318. Eugen_von_Keyserling.
2. Web site: Genus Liocranoides. BugGuide. 2019-10-15.
3. Lehtinen. P. T.. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4. 244. Pekka_T._Lehtinen.
4. 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 . 10.1071/IS14041 . amp . free .
5. Gen. Liocranoides Keyserling, 1881. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.