Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Familia: Zoridae
Genus: Zora
Species: Z. acuminata - Z. alpina - Z. armillata - Z. distincta - Z. hespera – Z. huseynovi – Z. lyriformis - Z. manicata - Z. nemoralis - Z. opiniosa - Z. palmgreni - Z. parallela - Z. pardalis - Z. prespaensis - Z. pumila - Z. silvestris - Z. spinimana
Name
Zora C. L. Koch, 1847
Type species: Lycaena spinimana Sundevall, 1833
References
Koch, C. L. 1847. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Vierzehnter Band, pp. 89-210. [91]
Corey, D. T. & D. J. Mott. 1991. A revision of the genus Zora (Araneae, Zoridae) in North America. Journal of Arachnology 19: 55–61. PDF
Mazzoleni, F., Pantini, P., Pedrotti, L. & Gobbi, M. 2016. Zora alpina Kulczyński, 1915 (Araneae: Miturgidae): description of the male, redescription of the female. Zootaxa 4139(3): 445–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.12. Reference page.
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Zora is a genus of spiders in the family Miturgidae,[1] subfamily Zorinae, consisting of small to medium entelegyne, ecribellate spiders. They can be identified as they have two claws with claw tufts, distinct longitudinal bands on the cephalothorax, 4-2-2 arrangement of the eight eyes and long overlapping spines on the first two tibiae and metatarsi. Their abdomens show distinct colour patterns which may be useful in identification to species. There are 17 species in the genus which have a Holarctic distribution, mostly in Europe and the Middle East but with two species in North America.[2] The type species is Zora spinimana.[1]
Identification
Zora spiders have a narrow anterior carapace with a characteristic dark compact eye group with both of the rows of eyes strongly recurved. There are paired ventral spines on legs I and II. All of the species are similar in general appearance, their general colour is yellow with a wide brown band extending back from each posterior lateral eye. The prosoma has a thin Y-shaped brown marking with spots and irregular lines along its flanks.[3]
Species
The following species are listed as accepted in the World Spider Catalog as of September 2016.[1]
Zora acuminate Zhu & Zhang, 2006 - China
Zora alpina Kulczyński, 1915 - Switzerland, Italy
Zora armillata Simon, 1878 - Europe, Russia
Zora distincta Kulczyński, 1915 - Eastern Europe
Zora hespera Corey & Mott, 1991 - United States of America, Canada
Zora lyriformis Song, Zhu & Gao, 1993 - China
Zora manicata Simon, 1878 - Europe, Ukraine, Israel
Zora nemoralis (Blackwall, 1861) - Palearctic
Zora opiniosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) - Lebanon
Zora palmgreni Holm, 1945 - Sweden
Zora parallela Simon, 1878 - Europe, Russia
Zora pardalis Simon, 1878 - Europe to Kazakhstan
Zora prespaensis Drensky, 1929 - Macedonia
Zora pumila (Hentz, 1850) - United States of America
Zora silvestris Kulczyński, 1897 - Europe to Central Asia
Zora spinimana (Sundevall, 1833) - Palearctic
References
"Gen. Zora C. L. Koch, 1847". World Spider catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
Corey, David T.; Mott, Daniel J. (1991). "A REVISION OF THE GENUS ZORA (ARANEAE, ZORIDAE) IN NORTH AMERICA" (PDF). The Journal of Arachnology. 19: 55–61.
"Zora spinimana (Sundevall, 1833)". University of Copenhagen/Natural History Museum, Aarhus. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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