''Urozelotes'' is a
genus of
ground spiders
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
that was first described by
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida. He was also involved with educ ...
in 1938.
Species
it contains five species:
*''
Urozelotes kabenge''
FitzPatrick, 2005 – Zambia
*''
Urozelotes mysticus''
Platnick & Murphy, 1984 – Italy
*''
Urozelotes patulusus''
Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018 – India
*''
Urozelotes rusticus''
(L. Koch, 1872) (
type
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) – Both Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia. Native area unknown, probably Old World.
*''
Urozelotes trifidus''
Tuneva, 2003 – France, Russia (Europe)
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Gnaphosidae
Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
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