Zoica Simon, 1898

Lu, Jin-Zhen, Marusik, Yuri M., Zhang, Zhi-Sheng & Wang, Lu-Yu, 2025, Four species of Zoica Simon, 1898 from Asia (Araneae, Lycosidae), ZooKeys 1249, pp. 371-385 : 371-385

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1249.152933

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:327247C2-C056-4A9F-AA11-DEE91571F270

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16942575

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC0E3398-0284-5BD4-A323-B1E950FA176F

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scientific name

Zoica Simon, 1898
status

 

Genus Zoica Simon, 1898 View in CoL

Type species.

Zobia parvula Thorell, 1895

Diagnosis.

Zoica can be diagnosed by the following characteristics: male opisthosoma with dorsal scutum; the gently sloping margins of the cephalic area; articulated tegular apophysis absent; lateral apophysis present; embolus thin, curved spine-like, positioned apically on the bulb and mostly covered by tegulum in ventral view; epigynum variable, often protruding scape-like posteriorly ( Framenau et al. 2009).

Composition and distribution.

Twelve species are known from Australasia, southern China, India and Southeast Asia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Lycosidae

SubFamily

Zoicinae