Udubidae: Difference between revisions

| authority = Griswold & Polotow, 2015<ref name=WSC_f116/>

'''Udubidae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[Araneomorphae|araneomorph]] [[spider]]s, most of whose members were formerly placed in the family Zorocratidae, which is no longer accepted.<ref name=PoloCarmGris15>{{Citationcite journal |lastlast1=Polotow |firstfirst1=Daniele |last2=Carmichael |first2=Anthea |last3=Griswold |first3=Charles E. |year=2015 |title=Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae) |journal=Invertebrate Systematics |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=124–163 |doi=10.1071/IS14041 |lastauthorampname-list-style=amp |url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/is/pdf/IS14041 |doi-access=yesfree }}</ref>

A study investigating the [[Phylogenetics|phylogenetic]] relationships of lycosoid spiders concluded that the genera formerly placed in the family Zorocratidae fell into two groups. The largest group formed the sister clade to the "grate-shaped tapetum clade" (see the [[cladogram]] below). The [[type genus]], ''[[Zorocrates]]'', grouped with ''[[Zoropsis]]'' inside the grate-shaped tapetum clade.<ref name=PoloCarmGris15/> Some earlier studies had also cast doubt on the [[monophyly]] of the Zorocratidae. A 2003 study found that ''Raecius'', ''Uduba'', and ''Zorodictyna'' formed a clade somewhat separated from ''Zorocrates''.<ref name=Davi03>{{Citation |last=Davila |first=Diana Silva |year=2003 |title=Higher-level relationships of the spider family Ctenidae (Araneae, Ctenoidea) |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |issue=274 |hdl=2246/441 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/441 |accessdateaccess-date=2015-10-17 }}</ref> A 2014 study including ''Zorocrates'' and ''Raecius'' did not find that they grouped together.<ref name=Rami14>{{Citation |last=Ramírez |first=M. |year=2014 |title=The morphology and phylogeny of Dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae) |series=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |issue=390 |hdl=2246/6537 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6537 |accessdateaccess-date=2015-10-31}}, p. 289</ref>

Moving the type genus to a different family meant that a new family name was needed for the remaining members. Griswold and Polotow proposed "Udubidae", with the type genus ''Uduba''.<ref name=PoloCarmGris15/> {{As of|2015|November}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepted this family.<ref name=WSC_f116NMBE/> A summary phylogeny is shown below.<ref name=PoloCarmGris15/>

|1={{cladexclade

|1='''[[Udubidae''']] (including <span style="background-color:#FDD">''Raecius'', ''Uduba'' & ''Zorodictyna'')</span>

|1=[[Lycosoidea]]
|2=[[Zoropsidae]] (including <span style="background-color:#FDD">''Zorocrates''</span>)

{{Asas of|20152019|1104}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] acceptedaccepts the following genera:<ref name=WSC_f116NMBE>{{citationcite web| title= Family: Udubidae Griswold & Polotow, 2015| workwebsite=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2019-04-26| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern | url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genlistfamily/116 |accessdate=2015-11-06 }}</ref>

*''[[RaeciusCampostichomma]]'' <small>SimonKarsch, 1892</small> – Africa ([[Cameroon]]Sri to [[EthiopiaLanka]]) -– 64 species

*''[[UdubaRaecius]]'' <small>Simon, 18801892</small> – Africa ([[MadagascarCameroon]] -to [[Ethiopia]]) – 36 species

*''[[ZorodictynaUduba]]'' <small>StrandSimon, 19071880</small> – [[Madagascar]] -– 23 species

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