Zoropsidae
(False Wolf Spiders)

Taxonomic Hierarchy

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Arachnida
• Order: Araneae
• Suborder: Araneomorphae
• Family: Zoropsidae

Common Name (AAS)

Zoropsid Spiders

Other Common Names

False Wolf Spiders

Author

Philipp Bertkau, 1882

Sightings Overview

There have been 80 confirmed sightings of Zoropsidae (False Wolf Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on July 25, 2025 by Spider ID member ralphario. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 80 sightings because of certain Zoropsidae sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 0% of the time, Zoropsidae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 80)
• Sex: 5 female and 18 male.
• Environment: Zoropsidae has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 71 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). Ground layer (3). Under rock or debris (2).

Location and Range

Zoropsidae (False Wolf Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Zoropsidae has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah.

Seasonality

Zoropsidae has been primarily sighted during the month of April.

• January: 9
• February: 9
• March: 12
• April: 18
• May: 15
• June: 3
• July: 2
• August:
• September: 2
• October: 3
• November: 3
• December: 4