title: Uroctea
text: # 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)
  