Liocranidae

Liocranidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. 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

, this family includes 35 genera and 357 species:

• Agraecina <small>Simon, 1932</small> – North Africa, Southern Europe to Kazakhstan
• Agroeca <small>Westring, 1861</small> – North Africa, Asia, Russia, Southern Europe, North America, Colombia, Peru
• Andromma <small>Simon, 1893</small> – Africa
• Apostenus <small>Westring, 1851</small> – Algeria, Morocco, Pakistan, Georgia?, Southern Europe, North America
• Arabelia <small>Bosselaers, 2009</small> – China, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece
• Argistes <small>Simon, 1897</small> – Sri Lanka
• Cteniogaster <small>Bosselaers & , 2013</small> – Kenya, Tanzania
• Cybaeodes <small>Simon, 1878</small> – Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Spain, France
• Drapeta <small>Menge, 1875</small> – Caucasus, France
• Drassinella <small>Banks, 1904</small> – Mexico, United States
• Hesperocranum <small>Ubick & Platnick, 1991</small> – United States
• Jacaena <small>Thorell, 1897</small> – China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
• Koppe <small>Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001</small> – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea
• Laudetia <small>Gertsch, 1941</small> – Dominica, Puerto Rico
• Liocranoeca <small>Wunderlich, 1999</small> – Iraq, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Albania, Spain, United States
• Liocranum <small>L. Koch, 1866</small> – Ethiopia, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Europe, Cuba, New Guinea
• Liparochrysis <small>Simon, 1909</small> – Australia
• Mesiotelus <small>Simon, 1897</small> – Kenya, North Africa, Asia, Europe
• Mesobria <small>Simon, 1898</small> – St. Vincent
• Neoanagraphis <small>Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936</small> – Mexico, United States
• Oedignatha <small>Thorell, 1881</small> – Asia, Vanuatu, Samoa, Borneo. Introduced to Madagascar, Réunion, Seychelles, Japan, Samoa
• Paratus <small>Simon, 1898</small> – Asia
• Platnick <small>Marusik & Fomichev, 2020</small> – Tajikistan, China
• Rhaeboctesis <small>Simon, 1897</small> – Angola, Southern Africa, China
• Scotina <small>Menge, 1873</small> – Algeria, Morocco, Korea, Turkey, Portugal
• Sesieutes <small>Simon, 1897</small> – China, Southeast Asia, Borneo
• Sestakovaia <small>Zamani & Marusik, 2021</small> – Iran, Turkey, Eastern Europe
• Sinocranum <small>Chu & Li, 2023</small> – China
• Sphingius <small>Thorell, 1890</small> – Asia
• Sudharmia <small>Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001</small> – Indonesia
• Teutamus <small>Thorell, 1890</small> – Southeast Asia
• Toxoniella <small>Warui & Jocqué, 2002</small> – Kenya
• Turkocranum <small>Danışman & Coşar, 2022</small> – Turkey
• Vankeeria <small>Bosselaers, 2012</small> – Greece
• Xenoplectus <small>Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958</small> – Argentina

References

External links

• Arachnology Home Pages: Araneae