Zoropsidae, also known as false wolf spiders for their physical similarity to wolf spiders, is a family of cribellate araneomorph spiders first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1882. They can be distinguished from wolf spiders by their two rows of eyes that are more equal in size than those of Lycosidae.
The families Tengellidae and Zorocratidae are now included in Zoropsidae.
Genera , this family includes 28 genera and 186 species:
Akamasia Bosselaers, 2002 – Cyprus Anachemmis Chamberlin, 1919 – Mexico, United States Austrotengella Raven, 2012 – Australia Birrana Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia Cauquenia Piacentini, Ramírez & Silva, 2013 – Chile Chinja Polotow & Griswold, 2018 – Tanzania Ciniflella Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Argentina, Brazil Devendra Lehtinen, 1967 – Sri Lanka Griswoldia Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jocqué, 1997 – South Africa Hoedillus Simon, 1898 – Guatemala, Nicaragua Huntia Gray & Thompson, 2001 – Australia Itatiaya Mello-Leitão, 1915 – Brazil Kilyana Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia Krukt Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia Lauricius Simon, 1888 – Mexico, United States Liocranoides Keyserling, 1881 – United States Megateg Raven & Stumkat, 2005 – Australia Pamiropsis Marusik & Fomichev, 2024 – Tajikistan Phanotea Simon, 1896 – South Africa Pseudoctenus Caporiacco, 1949 – Burundi, Kenya, Malawi Socalchemmis Platnick & Ubick, 2001 – Mexico, United States Takeoa Lehtinen, 1967 – China, Japan, Korea, Russia Tengella Dahl, 1901 – Nicaragua, Mexico Titiotus Simon, 1897 – United States Uliodon L. Koch, 1873 – New Zealand Wiltona Koçak & Kemal, 2008 – New Zealand Zorocrates Simon, 1888 – Mexico, United States, possibly Central America Zoropsis Simon, 1878 – Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Asia, Europe, North Africa, Western Mediterranean. Introduced to Azores, United States
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