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