Zorinae

The Zorinae are a spider subfamily of the Miturgidae,[1] with more than 70 described species in 13 genera.

Zorinae
Zora silvestris (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Miturgidae
Subfamily:	Zorinae
Genera
See text
Diversity
13 genera, 73 species

Spiders in this family hunt without webs.

It is very hard to determine species without high quality images of the genitalia.

Distribution

Most species occur in the tropics (South America, Australia, Africa, Asia). The species Israzorides judaeus is endemic to Israel, and several species of the genus Zora are found in colder climates, including the U.S. and Europe up to Sweden.

Genera

• Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 — Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand
• Elassoctenus Simon, 1909 — Australia
• Hestimodema Simon, 1909 — Australia
• Hoedillus Simon, 1898 — Guatemala
• Israzorides Levy, 2003 — Israel
• Odo Keyserling, 1887 — Central and South America, Australia
• Odomasta Simon, 1909 — Tasmania
• Simonus Ritsema, 1881 — Australia
• Thasyraea L. Koch, 1878 — Australia
• Tuxoctenus Raven, 2008 — Australia
• Voraptus Simon, 1898 — Africa
• Xenoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1938 — Argentina
• Zora C. L. Koch, 1847 — Palearctic
• Zoroides Berland, 1924 — Australia

Gallery of natural light images

• 
  Argoctenus sp. (live subadult female)

See also

• Spider families

References

1. Ramírez, M. 2014. The morphology and phylogeny of Dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 390, 1–374.

• Corey, D. T. & D. J. Mott. A revision of the genus Zora (Araneae, Zoridae) in North America. J. Arachnol. 19: 55-61. PDF

External links

• "Images of Zora spinimana". Archived from the original on 2004-08-26.