Uroctea
Uroctea is a genus of spiders that is found in Eurasia and Africa. It is sometimes put into its own family, Urocteidae. Their tent-like web is very similar to the ones Oecobius builds; but Uroctea species do not have a cribellum.
| Uroctea Temporal range:   | |
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| Uroctea sp. from Israel | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Oecobiidae | 
| Genus: | Uroctea Dufour, 1820  | 
| Species | |
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 U. durandi  | |
| Diversity | |
| 18 species | |
Species
    
The 18 species of this genus include:[1]
- Uroctea compactilis L. Koch, 1878 (China, Korea, Japan)
 - Uroctea concolor Simon, 1882 (Yemen)
 - Uroctea durandi (Latreille, 1809) (Mediterranean)
 - Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960 (Iran, Afghanistan)
 - Uroctea hashemitorum Bosselaers, 1999 (Jordan)
 - Uroctea indica Pocock, 1900 (India)
 - Uroctea lesserti Schenkel, 1936 (China, Korea)
 - Uroctea limbata (C. L. Koch, 1843) (Palearctic)
 - Uroctea manii Patel, 1987 (India)
 - Uroctea matthaii Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
 - Uroctea paivani (Blackwall, 1868) (Canary Is., Cape Verde Is.)
 - Uroctea quinquenotata Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
 - Uroctea schinzi Simon, 1887 (South Africa)
 - Uroctea semilimbata Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
 - Uroctea septemnotata Tucker, 1920 (Namibia, South Africa)
 - Uroctea septempunctata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Israel)
 - Uroctea sudanensis Benoit, 1966 (Sudan, Somalia, Yemen)
 - Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & Harten, 2007 (Turkey, Israel, Iran, Yemen, India)
 
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