Chorizopes
Encyclopedia
Chorizopes is a genus of araneid spider
s, with more than twenty described species. Most are found in India
and China
, with several others found in locations ranging from Madagascar
to Japan
.
These spiders are found in leaf litter. Even though it belongs to the spider family commonly called Orb weavers, it does not spin webs, and instead preys on other spiders.
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
s, with more than twenty described species. Most are found in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, with several others found in locations ranging from Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
These spiders are found in leaf litter. Even though it belongs to the spider family commonly called Orb weavers, it does not spin webs, and instead preys on other spiders.
Name
Although Pickard-Cambridge originally named the genus Chorizoopes, the emendation Chorizopes by Thorell is now protected by usage.Species
- Chorizopes anjanes Tikader, 1965 — IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- Chorizopes antongilensis Emerit, 1997 — MadagascarMadagascarThe Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
- Chorizopes bengalensis Tikader, 1975 — India, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
- Chorizopes calciope (SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1895) — India - Chorizopes congener O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — India
- Chorizopes dicavus Yin et al., 1990 — China
- Chorizopes frontalis O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 — Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
to SumatraSumatraSumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538... - Chorizopes goosus Yin et al., 1990 — China
- Chorizopes kastoni Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004 — India
- Chorizopes khandaricus Gajbe, 2005 — India
- Chorizopes khanjanes Tikader, 1965 — India, China
- Chorizopes khedaensis Reddy & Patel, 1993 — India
- Chorizopes madagascariensis Emerit, 1997 — Madagascar
- Chorizopes mucronatus Simon, 1895 — Sri Lanka
- Chorizopes nipponicus Yaginuma, 1963 — China, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... - Chorizopes orientalis Simon, 1909 — VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
- Chorizopes pateli Reddy & Patel, 1993 — India
- Chorizopes shimenensis Yin & Peng, 1994 — China
- Chorizopes stoliczkae O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 — India
- Chorizopes tikaderi Sadana & Kaur, 1974 — India
- Chorizopes trimamillatus Schenkel, 1963 — China
- Chorizopes tumens Yin et al., 1990 — China
- Chorizopes wulingensis Yin, Wang & Xie, 1994 — China
- Chorizopes zepherus Zhu & Song, 1994 — China