Chorizopes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: |
Chorizopes O. P-Cambridge, 1871 |
Type species | |
Chorizoopes frontalis O. P-Cambridge, 1870
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Species | |
26, see text |
Chorizopes is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. [1] Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. [2] The original name was "Chorizoopes", but the emendation Chorizopes by Tamerlan Thorell is now protected by usage. [3]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains twenty-six species, most from India and China, with several others found in locations ranging from Madagascar to Japan: [3]
Chorizopes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: |
Chorizopes O. P-Cambridge, 1871 |
Type species | |
Chorizoopes frontalis O. P-Cambridge, 1870
| |
Species | |
26, see text |
Chorizopes is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. [1] Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. [2] The original name was "Chorizoopes", but the emendation Chorizopes by Tamerlan Thorell is now protected by usage. [3]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains twenty-six species, most from India and China, with several others found in locations ranging from Madagascar to Japan: [3]