World Spider Catalog

Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: revalidated by Levy, 1990a: 139; considered a senior synonym of Zorocratidae Dahl, 1913: 21 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0035] and of Tengellidae Dahl, 1908: 194 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0046] by Polotow, Carmichael & Griswold, 2015: 152; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 517, f. 17-18.

Gen. Zoropsis Simon, 1878 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01774

type Zoropsis ocreata Simon, 1878; gender feminine; syn. of Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820)

N.B.: transferred from the Zoridae to the Zoropsidae by Levy, 1990a: 139.

Transferred to other genera:

Zoropsis coreana Paik, 1978 -- see Takeoa

Zoropsis cyprogenia Bosselaers, 1997 -- see Akamasia

Zoropsis nishimurai Yaginuma, 1963 -- see Takeoa

In synonymy:

Zoropsis bilineata viberti Simon, 1911 = Zoropsis bilineata Dahl, 1901 (Thaler, van Harten & Knoflach, 2006: 250)

Zoropsis capillata Schmidt, 1975 = Zoropsis rufipes (Lucas, 1838) (Wunderlich, 1987a: 231)

Zoropsis lutea asiatica Kulczyński, 1911 = Zoropsis lutea (Thorell, 1875) (Levy, 1990a: 141)

Zoropsis maculosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908 = Zoropsis rufipes (Lucas, 1838) (Schmidt, 1956c: 84)

Zoropsis pluridentata Franganillo, 1926 = Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) (Lehtinen, 1967: 276)

Zoropsis quedenfeldti Dahl, 1901 = Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) (Lehtinen, 1967: 276)

Zoropsis teneriffensis Schmidt, 1975 = Zoropsis rufipes (Lucas, 1838) (Wunderlich, 1987a: 231)

Zoropsis triangularis Dahl, 1901 = Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) (Lehtinen, 1967: 276)

Zoropsis xylina Simon, 1909 = Zoropsis bilineata Dahl, 1901 (Lehtinen, 1967: 277)

Nomen nudum:

Zoropsis libanica Simon, 1884i: 190 (Turkey) -- Thaler, van Harten & Knoflach, 2006: 251, f. 7, 9-10 of f belong to Z. thaleri, per Levy, 2007: 6)

Zoropsis albertisi Pavesi, 1880 | | Tunisia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039415

Zoropsis albertisii Pavesi, 1880b: 338 (Dj; patronym subsequently corrected by Bonnet) Original description

Zoropsis albertisii Dahl, 1901a: 191 (Df)

Zoropsis albertisii Thaler, van Harten & Knoflach, 2006: 250, f. 13 (f, removed from S of Z. spinimana, contra Simon, 1911b: 274)

Zoropsis beccarii Caporiacco, 1935 | j | Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020377

Zoropsis beccarii Caporiacco, 1935a: 285 (Dj) Original description

Zoropsis beccarii Sherwood, 2024b: 217 (immature, species inquirenda)

Zoropsis bilineata Dahl, 1901 | | Spain (Balearic Is.), Morocco, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020378

Zoropsis bilineata Dahl, 1901a: 194 (Df) Original description

Zoropsis xylina Simon, 1909b: 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058394]

Zoropsis xylina Simon, 1911b: 274, f. 1B (f)

Zoropsis xylina viberti Simon, 1911b: 275 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020379]

Zoropsis bilineata Lehtinen, 1967: 277 (S of Zoropsis xylina)

Zoropsis bilineata Wunderlich, 1995A: 724, f. 4-5 (mf)

Zoropsis bilineata Thaler & Knoflach, 1998c: 177, f. 7, 10-11, 24 (mf)

Zoropsis bilineata Thaler, van Harten & Knoflach, 2006: 250, f. 8, 14 (f, S of Zoropsis bilineata viberti)

Zoropsis bilineata Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 150, f. 96A-F (mf)

Zoropsis kirghizicus Ovtchinnikov & Zonstein, 2001 | | Kyrgyzstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038715

Zoropsis kirghizicus Ovtchinnikov & Zonstein, 2001: 5, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Zoropsis longensis L. Y. Wang, B. L. Wang & Zhang, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051980

Zoropsis longensis Wang, Wang & Zhang, 2020: 9, f. 1, 2A-G (Dmf) Original description

Zoropsis lutea (Thorell, 1875) | | Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, Middle East, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020383

Zora lutea Thorell, 1875b: 76 (Dmf) Original description

Zora lutea Thorell, 1875c: 84 (Dmf)

Zoropsis lutea Simon, 1885c: 343

Zoropsis lutea Kulczyński, 1911a: 12, pl. 1, f. 2 (f)

Zoropsis lutea asiatica Kulczyński, 1911a: 12, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058389]

Zoropsis lutea Lehtinen, 1967: 457, f. 399 (m)

Zoropsis lutea Levy, 1990a: 141, f. 1-16 (mf, S of Zoropsis lutea asiatica)

Zoropsis lutea Wunderlich, 1995A: 725, f. 8-9 (mf)

Zoropsis lutea Thaler & Knoflach, 1998c: 180, f. 14-15, 18-19, 22, 26 (mf)

Zoropsis lutea Zamani et al., 2019b: 242, f. 1H-I (f)

Zoropsis lutea Lecigne, 2021a: 34, f. 56 (f)

Zoropsis lutea Sherwood, 2025b: 153, f. 21A-C (f)

Zoropsis markamensis Hu & Li, 1987 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020384

Zoropsis markamensis Hu & Li, 1987b: 257, f. 6.1-5 (Df) Original description

Zoropsis markamensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 398, f. 232T-U (f)

Zoropsis mangkamensis Hu, 2001: 125, f. 38.1-2 (f)

Zoropsis media Simon, 1878 | | Western Mediterranean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020385

Zoropsis media Simon, 1878a: 328, pl. 16, f. 12 (Dmf) Original description

Zoropsis media Simon, 1911b: 272, f. 1C (f)

Zoropsis media Simon, 1914: 32, 33, f. 57-59 (mf)

Zoropsis media Barrientos et al., 1985: 223, f. 2-3 (m)

Zoropsis media Levy, 1990a: 142, f. 17-19 (mf)

Zoropsis media Wunderlich, 1995A: 724, f. 6-7 (mf)

Zoropsis media Bosselaers, 2002: 142, f. 3A, 4C-D (mf)

Zoropsis media Thaler, van Harten & Knoflach, 2006: 252, f. 17 (f)

Zoropsis media Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 273, f. 113a-g (mf)

Zoropsis media Gaymard & Lecigne, 2018: 39, f. 17D-F (f)

Zoropsis media Bosselaers, 2018b: 40, f. 50-52, photo 189-190 (mf)

Zoropsis media Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 151, f. 96G-H (f)

Zoropsis oertzeni Dahl, 1901 | | Italy, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020386

Zoropsis ocreata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 261, pl. 10, f. 37 (mf, misidentified)

Zoropsis oertzeni Dahl, 1901a: 192 (Df) Original description

Zoropsis bilineata Kulczyński, 1909a: 447, pl. 22, f. 31 (m, misidentified)

Zoropsis oertzeni Thaler & Knoflach, 1998c: 179, f. 8-9, 12-13, 25 (removed f from S of Z. spinimana, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 276; m had been misidentified as Z. bilineata by Kulczyński, 1909)

Zoropsis oertzeni Thaler, van Harten & Knoflach, 2006: 253, f. 15 (f)

Zoropsis oertzeni Lecigne, 2013: 187, f. 5B-C (f)

Zoropsis pekingensis Schenkel, 1953 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020387

Zoropsis pekingensis Schenkel, 1953b: 11, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Zoropsis pekingensis Li, Hu & Zhang, 2015: 446, f. 1-12 (f, Dm)

Zoropsis pekingensis Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 160, f. 118A-G (mf)

Zoropsis rufipes (Lucas, 1838) | | Canary Is., Madeira urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020388

Olios rufipes Lucas, 1838: 32, pl. 6, f. 13 (Dm) Original description

Zoropsis rufipes Simon, 1880a: 344 (Df)

Zoropsis rufipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908b: 820, pl. 50, f. 18-21 (f)

Zoropsis maculosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908b: 822, pl. 50, f. 18-21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058390]

Zoropsis rufipes Schmidt, 1956c: 84 (S of Zoropsis maculosa)

Zoropsis rufipes Schmidt, 1956g: 240, f. 7a (f)

Zoropsis capillata Schmidt, 1975a: 219, f. 1-2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058388]

Zoropsis teneriffensis Schmidt, 1975d: 501, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058392]

Zoropsis teneriffensis Schmidt, 1982: 4, f. 1a-b (Dm)

Zoropsis rufipes Wunderlich, 1987a: 231, f. 611-619 (mf, S of Zoropsis capillata and Z. teneriffensis)

Zoropsis rufipes Levy, 1990a: 142, f. 20-22 (mf)

Zoropsis rufipes Wunderlich, 1995A: 725, f. 10-14 (mf)

Zoropsis rufipes Thaler & Knoflach, 1998c: 181, f. 16-17, 20-21, 27 (mf)

Zoropsis rufipes Silva-Dávila, 2003: 57, f. 23a (f)

Zoropsis rufipes Sherwood & Beccaloni, 2023: 258, f. 1-11 (mf)

Zoropsis saba Thaler & van Harten, 2006 | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040160

Zoropsis saba Thaler & van Harten in Thaler, van Harten & Knoflach, 2006: 249, f. 1-6, 11-12 (Dmf) Original description

Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) | | Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Japan. Introduced to USA, Azores urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020389 TYPE SPECIES

Dolomedes spinimanus Dufour, 1820c: 204, pl. 76, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Dolomedes dufourii Walckenaer, 1837: 358 (Df)

Dolomedes dufourii Walckenaer, 1841: 455 (Dm)

Dolomedes ocreatus C. L. Koch, 1841c: 212, f. 10 (Df)

Lycosa ocreata Lucas, 1846: 107

Lycosoides algirica Lucas, 1846: 122, pl. 2, f. 10 (Dmf)

Zora ocreata C. L. Koch, 1847: 105, f. 1345 (f)

Zora algeriensis Simon, 1864: 372

Zora dufourii Simon, 1864: 372

Hecaerge wrightii Blackwall, 1870b: 407, pl. 15, f. 2 (Df)

Zora ocreata Thorell, 1873: 534

Zoropsis ocreata Simon, 1878a: 327 (Dm)

Zoropsis ocreata Simon, 1892a: 230, f. 176-180 (m)

Zoropsis wrighti Dahl, 1901a: 192

Zoropsis quedenfeldti Dahl, 1901a: 192 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058391]

Zoropsis triangularis Dahl, 1901a: 194 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058393]

Zoropsis spinimana Dahl, 1901a: 195

Zoropsis ocreata Kulczyński, 1909a: 444, pl. 22, f. 26 (mf)

Zoropsis spinimana Simon, 1911b: 273, f. 1A (f)

Zoropsis ocreata Berland, 1913c: 29, 30, f. 10-15 (f)

Zoropsis spinimana Simon, 1914: 32, 33, f. 54-56 (mf)

Zoropsis pluridentata Franganillo, 1925: 40 (nomen nudum)

Zoropsis pluridentata Franganillo, 1926b: 77 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054509]

Zoropsis spinimana Bacelar, 1929: 250, f. 4-5 (mf)

Zoropsis spinimana Lehtinen, 1967: 276 (S of Zoropsis pluridentata, Z. quedenfeldti and Z. triangularis)

Zoropsis spinimana Wunderlich, 1995A: 724, f. 1-2 (mf)

Zoropsis quedenfeldti Wunderlich, 1995A: 725, f. 3 (f)

Zoropsis spinimana Thaler & Knoflach, 1998c: 174, f. 2-6, 23 (mf)

Zoropsis spinimana Griswold & Ubick, 2001: 111, f. 1-5 (mf)

Zoropsis spinimana Bosselaers, 2002: 142, f. 1C (m)

Zoropsis spinimana Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2004: 60, f. 5-6, 15-17 (mf)

Zoropsis spinimana Griswold et al., 2005: 46, f. 185D-F (m)

Zoropsis spinimana Thaler, van Harten & Knoflach, 2006: 254, f. 16 (f)

Zoropsis spinimana IJland, 2010: 2, f. 1-3 (m)

Zoropsis spinimana Danisman et al., 2011b: 17, f. 1A-C (m)

Zoropsis spinimana Szinetár, Török & Szűts, 2014: 105, f. 1-2 (mf)

Zoropsis spinimana Nadolny, 2016: 127, f. 1a-b (f)

Zoropsis spinimana Lecigne, 2016d: 30, f. 15G (f)

Zoropsis spinimana Purgat et al., 2021a: 778, f. 4A-C, 5A-B, 6A-C, 7 (mf)

Zoropsis spinimana Gierlasiński & Wrzoł, 2023: 1, f. 1-3 (f)

Zoropsis spinimana Sánchez-Álvarez et al., 2023: 95, f. 1A-B (f)

Zoropsis spinimana Benhacene et al., 2024: 495, f. 6E (f)

Zoropsis spinimana de Blas & Merino-Sáinz, 2025: 127, f. 2a-f, 3a-e, 4 (mf)

Zoropsis tangi Li, Hu & Zhang, 2015 | | China (Inner Mongolia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047849

Zoropsis pekingensis Tang, Kim & Song, 1999: 38, f. 1-8 (mf, misidentified)

Zoropsis pekingensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 398, f. 13J, 232V-W, 233B-D (mf, misidentified)

Zoropsis pekingensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 300, f. 191A-H (mf, misidentified)

Zoropsis tangi Li, Hu & Zhang, 2015: 447, f. 13-24 (Dmf) Original description

Zoropsis tangi Zhang & Wang, 2017: 921, 7 f. (mf)

Zoropsis thaleri Levy, 2007 | | Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041098

Zoropsis libanica Thaler, van Harten & Knoflach, 2006: 251, f. 7, 9-10 (f, per Levy, 2007: 6; see also Simon, 1884i: 190, sub Z. libanica (nomen nudum))

Zoropsis thaleri Levy, 2007: 6, f. 10-15 (Dmf) Original description