''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by

O. Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...

in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original name was "Chorizoopes", but the

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Species

it contains twenty-six species, most from India and

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, with several others found in locations ranging from Madagascar to

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: *'' Chorizopes albus'' Mi, Wang & Peng, 2016 – China *''

Chorizopes anjanes ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The origina ...

'' Tikader, 1965 – India *''

Chorizopes antongilensis ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Emerit, 1997 – Madagascar *''

Chorizopes calciope ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The origina ...

'' (Simon, 1895) – India *''

Chorizopes casictones ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Kallal & Hormiga, 2019 – Madagascar *''

Chorizopes congener ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – India *''

Chorizopes dicavus ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The origina ...

'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *''

Chorizopes frontalis ''Chorizopes frontalis'' is a species of spider of the genus ''Chorizopes''. It is found from Sri Lanka to Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territo ...

'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 – Sri Lanka to Indonesia (Sumatra) *''

Chorizopes goosus ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The origina ...

'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *''

Chorizopes kastoni ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004 – India *''

Chorizopes khandaricus ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Gajbe, 2005 – India *''

Chorizopes khanjanes ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Tikader, 1965 – India, China *''

Chorizopes khedaensis ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Reddy & Patel, 1993 – India *''

Chorizopes longus ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Mi, Wang & Peng, 2016 – China *''

Chorizopes madagascariensis ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Emerit, 1997 – Madagascar *''

Chorizopes mucronatus ''Chorizopes mucronatus'' is a species of spider of the genus ''Chorizopes''. It is known only from Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, tra ...

'' Simon, 1895 – Sri Lanka *''

Chorizopes nipponicus ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Yaginuma, 1963 – China, Korea, Japan *''

Chorizopes pateli ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Reddy & Patel, 1993 – India *''

Chorizopes quadrituberculata ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Roy, Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2014 – India *''

Chorizopes rajanpurensis ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Mukhtar & Tahir, 2013 – Pakistan *''

Chorizopes shimenensis ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders ra ...

'' Yin & Peng, 1994 – China *''

Chorizopes stoliczkae ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – India *''

Chorizopes tikaderi ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The origina ...

'' Sadana & Kaur, 1974 – India *'' Chorizopes trimamillatus'' Schenkel, 1963 – China *''

Chorizopes tumens ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original ...

'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *''

Chorizopes zepherus ''Chorizopes'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders ra ...

'' Zhu & Song, 1994 – China

References

Araneidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia {{Araneidae-stub