''Lauricius'' is a
genus
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of North American
false wolf spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1888.
it contains two species, found in the
United States
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and
Mexico
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: ''
L. hemicloeinus'' and ''
L. hooki''.
Originally placed with the
sac spiders, it was transferred to the Zoropsidae in 1967.
See also
*
List of Zoropsidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Zoropsidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Akamasia''
'' Akamasia'' Bosselaers, 2002
* '' A. cyprogenia'' (Bosselaers, 1997) ( type) — Cyprus
''Anachemmis''
''Anachemmis' ...
References
External links
Information on ''Lauricius hooki'' found in New Mexico
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Mexico
Spiders of the United States
Zoropsidae
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