Family ZOROPSIDAE Bertkau, 1882

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• Tengellidae Dahl, F. 1908. Die Lycosiden oder Wolfsspinnen Deutschlands und ihre Stellung im Haushalt der Natur. Nach statistichen Untersuchungen dargestellt. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 88: 175-678 [194].

  Type genus:

   Tengella Dahl, 1901.

  Secondary source:

   Raven, R.J. 2012. Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders. V. A new lycosoid genus from eastern Australia (Araneae: Tengellidae). Zootaxa 3305: 28–52 [Date published 9 May 2012] [29].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Polotow, D., Carmichael, A. & Griswold, C.E. 2015. Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelgynae). Invertebrate Systematics 29: 124-163 [152]

• Raven, R.J. & Stumkat, K. 2005. Revisions of Australian Ground-Hunting spiders: II: Zoropsidae (Lycosoidea: Araneae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 347-423 [Date published 10 Jan 2005]

Introduction

Until recently, the Zoropsidae were unknown from Australia and indeed again their relationships with families and genera in other countries is contentious. They are litter dwelling spiders that resemble small Huntsman spiders.

Diagnosis

In Australia, the Zoropsidae are unique among the araneomophs in the combination of claw tufts, 2 claws, no cribellum, males with a fracture line at the base of the pedal tibiae. Unlike the Zoridae, their eyes are similar in size.

Diagnosis References

Raven, R.J. & Stumkat, K. 2005. Revisions of Australian Ground-Hunting spiders: II: Zoropsidae (Lycosoidea: Araneae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 347-423 [Date published 10 Jan 2005] [356]

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