Hygrocrates

Hygrocrates
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dysderidae
Genus:	Hygrocrates Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988[1]
Type species
H. lycaoniae (Brignoli, 1978)
Species
5, see text

Hygrocrates is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold & P. R. Deeleman in 1988.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species:[1]

• Hygrocrates caucasicus Dunin, 1992 – Georgia
• Hygrocrates deelemanus Kunt & Yağmur, 2011 – Turkey
• Hygrocrates georgicus (Mcheidze, 1972) – Georgia
• Hygrocrates kovblyuki Kunt & Marusik, 2013 – Turkey
• Hygrocrates lycaoniae (Brignoli, 1978) (type) – Greece (Rhodes), Turkey

References

1. "Gen. Hygrocrates Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
2. Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L.; Deeleman, P. R. (1988). "Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 131: 141–269.