Liocranoides

Liocranoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zoropsidae
Genus:	Liocranoides ; Keyserling, 1881
Type species
	L. unicolor ; Keyserling, 1881
Species
	5, see text

Last updated January 25, 2026

Liocranoides is a genus of American false wolf spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.^[2] They live in habitats with cold surfaces, such as caves.^[3] It was transferred from the sac spiders to the Tengellidae in 1967,^[4] which was later merged with Zoropsidae.^[5]

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains five species, found Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia:^[3]^[1]

Liocranoides archeri Platnick, 1999 – USA
Liocranoides coylei Platnick, 1999 – USA
Liocranoides gertschi Platnick, 1999 – USA
Liocranoides tennesseensis Platnick, 1999 – USA
Liocranoides unicolor Keyserling, 1881 (type) – USA

References

1 2 "Gen. Liocranoides Keyserling, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-15.
↑ Keyserling, E. (1881). "Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 31: 269–314. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20318.
1 2 "Genus Liocranoides". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
↑ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 244.
↑ Polotow, Daniele; Carmichael, Anthea & Griswold, Charles E. (2015). "Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 29 (2): 124–163. doi: 10.1071/IS14041 .

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Liocranoides Keyserling, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[Keys1881-2] Keyserling, E. (1881). "Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 31: 269–314. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20318.

[bugguide-3] 1 2 "Genus Liocranoides". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

[Leht1967-4] Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 244.

[fix1-5] Polotow, Daniele; Carmichael, Anthea & Griswold, Charles E. (2015). "Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 29 (2): 124–163. doi: 10.1071/IS14041 .

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