''Uroctea'' is a genus of spiders that is found in

Eurasia Eurasia ( , ) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, Physical geography, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents d ...

and

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

. It is sometimes put into its own family, ''Urocteidae''. Their tent-like web is very similar to the ones '' Oecobius'' builds; but Uroctea species do not have a

cribellum Cribellum literally means "little sieve", and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates. In certain groups of diatoms it refers to microscopically punctured regions of the frustule, or ...

Species

The 18 species of this genus include: * '' Uroctea compactilis'' L. Koch, 1878 (China, Korea, Japan) * '' Uroctea concolor'' Simon, 1882 (Yemen) * '' Uroctea durandi'' (Latreille, 1809) (Mediterranean) * '' Uroctea grossa'' Roewer, 1960 (Iran, Afghanistan) * '' Uroctea hashemitorum'' Bosselaers, 1999 (Jordan) * '' Uroctea indica'' Pocock, 1900 (India) * '' Uroctea lesserti'' Schenkel, 1936 (China, Korea) * '' Uroctea limbata'' (C. L. Koch, 1843) (Palearctic) * '' Uroctea manii'' Patel, 1987 (India) * '' Uroctea matthaii'' Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan) * '' Uroctea paivani'' (Blackwall, 1868) (Canary Is., Cape Verde Is.) * '' Uroctea quinquenotata'' Simon, 1910 (South Africa) * '' Uroctea schinzi'' Simon, 1887 (South Africa) * '' Uroctea semilimbata'' Simon, 1910 (South Africa) * '' Uroctea septemnotata'' Tucker, 1920 (Namibia, South Africa) * '' Uroctea septempunctata'' (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Israel) * '' Uroctea sudanensis'' Benoit, 1966 (Sudan, Somalia, Yemen) * '' Uroctea thaleri'' Rheims, Santos & Harten, 2007 (Turkey, Israel, Iran, Yemen, India)

References

Oecobiidae Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Araneomorphae genera {{Araneomorphae-stub