Liocranidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by

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in 1897. They are one of several groups called "sac spiders". The holarctic genus ''

Agroeca ''Agroeca'' is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1861. Species it contains thirty-five species, found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Colombia, and Peru: *'' Agroeca agrestis'' Ponomarev, 2 ...

'' is the best-known, but it also includes various genera of more obscure spiders that still lack a diagnosis. Two species in the

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n 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

, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: *''

Agraecina ''Agraecina'' is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1932. Species it contains six species, found in Africa, Europe, Spain, and Kazakhstan: *'' Agraecina canariensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary ...

'' Simon, 1932 — Europe, Africa, Kazakhstan *''

'' Westring, 1861 — Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, North America *''

Andromma ''Andromma'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. It was first described in 1893 by Eugène Simon. Species it contains twenty-three species: * ''Andromma aethiopicum'' Simon, 1893 — Ethiopia * '' Andromma albinovani'' Bossel ...

'' Simon, 1893 — Africa *''

Apostenus ''Apostenus'' is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. Species it contains thirteen species, found in Europe, Africa, Canada, the United States, and Karakorum: *'' Apostenus algericus'' Bosmans, ...

'' Westring, 1851 — Africa, United States, Europe *'' Arabelia'' Bosselaers, 2009 — Greece, Turkey *'' Argistes'' Simon, 1897 — Sri Lanka *'' Coryssiphus'' Simon, 1903 — South Africa *''

Cteniogaster ''Cteniogaster'' is a genus of spiders in the family 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 t ...

'' Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2013 — Tanzania, Kenya *''

Cybaeodes ''Cybaeodes'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. It was first described in 1878 by Simon. , it contains 13 species from southern Europe and north Africa. Species ''Cybaeodes'' comprises the following species: *''Cybaeodes alicatai ...

'' Simon, 1878 — Europe, Algeria *''

Donuea ''Donuea'' is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by Embrik Strand in 1932. Species it contains five species: * ''Donuea argenticoma'' (Keyserling, 1877) – Madagascar * ''Donuea collustrata'' Bosselaers & Dierick, ...

'' Strand, 1932 — Madagascar *''

Hesperocranum ''Hesperocranum'' is a genus of spiders in the family 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 ...

'' Ubick & Platnick, 1991 — United States *''

Jacaena ''Jacaena'' is a genus of Asian liocranid sac spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1897. Species it contains eleven species: *'' Jacaena angoonae'' Dankittipakul, Tavano & Singtripop, 2013 – Thailand *'' Jacaena distincta'' Thorell ...

'' Thorell, 1897 — Asia *''

Koppe ''Koppe'' is a genus of liocranid sac spiders first described by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold in 2001. Species it contains thirteen species throughout Southeast Asia: *'' Koppe armata'' ( Simon, 1896) – Sri Lanka *'' Koppe baerti'' Deeleman ...

'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Asia, Papua New Guinea *''

Laudetia ''Laudetia'' is a genus of spiders in the family 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 ...

'' Gertsch, 1941 — Dominica *''

Liocranoeca ''Liocranoeca'' is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1999. Species it contains four species, found in Europe, Siberia, and the United States: *'' Liocranoeca emertoni'' ( Kaston, 1938) – USA *'' Li ...

'' Wunderlich, 1999 — United States, Europe, Russia *''

Liocranum ''Liocranum'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1866. Species According to ''The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5'': * '' Liocranum apertum'' Denis, 1960 — France ...

'' L. Koch, 1866 — Europe, Ethiopia, Asia, Papua New Guinea, Cuba *''

Liparochrysis ''Liparochrysis'' is a genus of spiders in the family 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 ...

'' Simon, 1909 — Australia *'' Mesiotelus'' Simon, 1897 — Europe, Asia, Kenya *'' Mesobria'' Simon, 1898 — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *''

Neoanagraphis ''Neoanagraphis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. It was first described in 1936 by Gertsch and Mulaik Mulaik is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Stanley A. Mulaik Stanley Allen Mulaik (born April 9, 1935 ...

'' Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 — United States, Mexico *''

Oedignatha ''Oedignatha'' is a genus of Asian spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881 as a genus of corinnid sac spiders, and moved to Liocranidae in 2014. Species it contains thirty-seven species in Southeast Asia, several of which were tran ...

'' Thorell, 1881 — Asia, Oceania, Seychelles *'' Paratus'' Simon, 1898 — Asia *'' Platnick'' Marusik & Fomichev, 2020 — Tajikistan *''

Rhaeboctesis ''Rhaeboctesis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. It was first described in 1897 by Simon. , it contains seven species. Species ''Rhaeboctesis'' comprises the following species: *''Rhaeboctesis denotatus'' Lawrence, 1928 - Ang ...

'' Simon, 1897 — Angola, Namibia, South Africa *'' Sagana'' Thorell, 1875 — Europe, the Caucasus *'' Scotina'' Menge, 1873 — Algeria, Malta, Asia *''

Sesieutes ''Sesieutes'' is a genus of Asian liocranid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897. It was briefly transferred to the Corinnidae in 2013, but was returned a year later due to its similarity and relation to '' Phrurolithus''. Spec ...

'' Simon, 1897 — Asia *'' Sestakovaia'' Zamani & Marusik, 2021 — Europe, Iran *'' Sphingius'' Thorell, 1890 — Asia *'' Sudharmia'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 — Indonesia *''

Teutamus :''Teutamus (spider), Teutamus'' is also a spider genus (Liocranidae) Teutamus ( grc, Tεύταμoς; lived 4th century BC) was a Macedonian officer, who, in 319 BC, shared with Antigenes (general), Antigenes the command of the select troops calle ...

'' Thorell, 1890 — Asia *''

Toxoniella ''Toxoniella'' is a genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae. It was first described in 2002 by Warui & Jocqué. , it contains five species, all from Kenya. References Endemic fauna of Kenya Liocranidae Araneomorphae genera Spider ...

'' Warui & Jocqué, 2002 — Kenya *''

Vankeeria ''Vankeeria'' is a genus of spiders in the family 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 ...

'' Bosselaers, 2012 — Greece *'' Xenoplectus'' Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1958 — Argentina

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External links

Arachnology Home Pages: Araneae
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