Uroctea
# Uroctea

Uroctea is a genus of spiders that is found in Eurasia and Africa. It is sometimes put into its own family, Urocteidae. Their tent-like web is very similar to the ones Oecobius builds; but Uroctea species do not have a cribellum.

## Species

The 18 species of this genus include:

* Uroctea compactilis L. Koch, 1878 (China, Korea, Japan)
* Uroctea concolor Simon, 1882 (Yemen)
* Uroctea durandi (Latreille, 1809) (Mediterranean)
* Uroctea grossa Roewer, 1960 (Iran, Afghanistan)
* Uroctea hashemitorum Bosselaers, 1999 (Jordan)
* Uroctea indica Pocock, 1900 (India)
* Uroctea lesserti Schenkel, 1936 (China, Korea)
* Uroctea limbata (C. L. Koch, 1843) (Palearctic)
* Uroctea manii Patel, 1987 (India)
* Uroctea matthaii Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
* Uroctea paivani (Blackwall, 1868) (Canary Is., Cape Verde Is.)
* Uroctea quinquenotata Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
* Uroctea schinzi Simon, 1887 (South Africa)
* Uroctea semilimbata Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
* Uroctea septemnotata Tucker, 1920 (Namibia, South Africa)
* Uroctea septempunctata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Israel)
* Uroctea sudanensis Benoit, 1966 (Sudan, Somalia, Yemen)
* Uroctea thaleri Rheims, Santos & Harten, 2007 (Turkey, Israel, Iran, Yemen, India)
