Zorinae

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

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

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)

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References

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.

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