Urozelotes Explained

Urozelotes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1938.^[1]

Species

it contains five species:^[2]

• Urozelotes kabenge FitzPatrick, 2005 – Zambia
• Urozelotes mysticus Platnick & Murphy, 1984 – Italy
• Urozelotes patulusus Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018 – India
• Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch, 1872) (type) – Both Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia. Native area unknown, probably Old World.
• Urozelotes trifidus Tuneva, 2003 – France, Russia (Europe)

Notes and References

1. Mello-Leitão . C. F. de . 1938 . Algunas arañas nuevas de la Argentina . Revista del Museo de la Plata . 89–118 . 1 . New Series.
2. Web site: Gen. Urozelotes Mello-Leitão, 1938. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.