Agroeca

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Agroeca

| image = Agroeca_brunnea.jpg

| image_caption = Agroeca brunnea, male

| image2 = Agroeca_brunnea_cocon.jpg

| image2_caption = cocoon

| authority = Westring, 1861

| type_species = A. proxima

| type_species_authority = (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 34, see text

| synonyms =

  • Hilke Keyserling, 1887{{cite journal| last=Gertsch| first=W. J.| year=1935| title=New American spiders with notes on other species| journal=American Museum Novitates| issue=805| page=10}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Agroeca is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1861.{{cite journal| last=Westring| first=N.| year=1861| title=Araneae svecicae| journal=Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar| pages=1–615| volume=7| author-link=Niklas_Westring}}

Species

{{as of|2022|10}} it contains thirty-five species, found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Colombia, and Peru:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Agroeca Westring, 1861| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-07-02| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1735| doi=10.24436/2}}

See also

References

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