Chorizopes


Chorizopes is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Though it belongs to the orb weaver family, these spiders move through leaf litter preying on other spiders rather than spinning webs. The original name was "Chorizoopes", but the :wikt:emendation|emendation Chorizopes by Tamerlan Thorell is now protected by usage.

Species

it contains twenty-six species, most from India and China, with several others found in locations ranging from Madagascar to Japan: