Urozelotes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1938.[2]
| Urozelotes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Urozelotes Mello-Leitão, 1938[1] |
| Type species | |
| U. rusticus (L. Koch, 1872) | |
| Species | |
5, see text | |
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains five species:[1]
- Urozelotes kabenge FitzPatrick, 2005 – Zambia
- Urozelotes mysticus Platnick & Murphy, 1984 – Italy
- Urozelotes patulusus Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018 – India
- Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch, 1872) (type) – Both Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia. Native area unknown, probably Old World.
- Urozelotes trifidus Tuneva, 2003 – France, Russia (Europe)