Zoridae

Zoridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Section:	Dionycha
Superfamily:	Lycosoidea
Family:	Zoridae F. O. P-Cambridge, 1893
Genera
see text
Diversity
13 genera, 73 species

The Zoridae are a spider family with more than 70 described species in 13 genera.

Spiders in this family hunt without webs.

It is very hard to determine species, especially in the Zora genus.

Zora pumila, female, 1 cm., collected 36° N 80° W.

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 can be found in colder climates, including the U.S. and Europe up to Sweden.

Gallery in UV

Photographs made with a Dino-Lite microscope show a different vision of these spiders because the internal lighting source of the microscope is bright on the violet-UV end of the spectrum.

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Gallery of natural light images

From other Wikipedia articles

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  Zora silvestris

Genera

• Argoctenus L. Koch, 1878 — New Zealand, Australia
• 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
• Voraptus Simon, 1898 — Africa
• Xenoctenus Mello-Leitão, 1938 — Argentina
• Zora C. L. Koch, 1847 — Palearctic
• Zoroides Berland, 1924 — Australia

See also

• List of Zoridae species
• Spider families

References

• 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

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