South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide: Oecobiidae of South Africa

The Oecobiidae is a small family of spiders represented by six genera and 119 species. Seven of the species represented by three genera have been recorded from South Africa. The two species of Oecobius are both known to be invasive and have a wide world wide distribution. The genus Paroecobius was described by Lamoral (1981) and is an African endemic. Only one species Paroecobius nicolaii Wunderlich, 1995 is known from South Africa. The species is under collected and known only from two provinces. Some more sampling is needed to determine the species range and it is therefore listed as Data Deficient. The genus Uroctea is represented by three species in South Africa. Uroctea quinquenotata Simon, 1910 is a South African endemic while the other two are southern Africa endemics. All three are listed as Least Concern. The genus Uroecobius is monotypic and known only from Uroecobius ecribellatus Kullmann & Zimmermann, 1976, a species with a wide distribution endemic to South Afric