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Chorizopes

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Chorizopes
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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]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains twenty-six species, most from India and China, with several others found in locations ranging from Madagascar to Japan:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871). "On some new genera and species of Araneida". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 38 (3, for 1870): 728–747.
  2. ^ Platnick, Norman I. (2000). "Book Review: An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 29 (2): 281–282. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0281:BR]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 198160093.
  3. ^ a b "Gen. Chorizopes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.