Biology:Uroctea

Short description: Genus of spiders

Uroctea Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Uroctea sp. from Israel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oecobiidae
Genus:	Uroctea Dufour, 1820
Species
U. durandi  18 in total, see text
Diversity
18 species

Uroctea is a genus of spiders that is found in Eurasia and Africa. It is sometimes put into its own family, Urocteidae. Their tent-like web is very similar to the ones Oecobius builds; but Uroctea species do not have a cribellum.

Species

The 18 species of this genus include:

• Uroctea compactilis L. Koch, 1878 (China, Korea, Japan)
• Uroctea concolor Simon, 1882 (Yemen)
• Uroctea durandi (Latreille, 1809) (Mediterranean)
• Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960 (Iran, Afghanistan)
• Uroctea hashemitorum Bosselaers, 1999 (Jordan)
• Uroctea indica Pocock, 1900 (India)
• Uroctea lesserti Schenkel, 1936 (China, Korea)
• Uroctea limbata (C. L. Koch, 1843) (Palearctic)
• Uroctea manii Patel, 1987 (India)
• Uroctea matthaii Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
• Uroctea paivani (Blackwall, 1868) (Canary Is., Cape Verde Is.)
• Uroctea quinquenotata Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
• Uroctea schinzi Simon, 1887 (South Africa)
• Uroctea semilimbata Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
• Uroctea septemnotata Tucker, 1920 (Namibia, South Africa)
• Uroctea septempunctata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Israel)
• Uroctea sudanensis Benoit, 1966 (Sudan, Somalia, Yemen)
• Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & Harten, 2007 (Turkey, Israel, Iran, Yemen, India)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2361533 entry