Agroeca Westring, 1862

Bosmans, Robert, 1999, The genera Agroeca, Agraecina, Apostenus and Scotina in the Maghreb countries (Araneae: Liocranidae), Bulletin Di L' Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique Entomologie 69, pp. 25-34 : 25

Agroeca Westring, 1862

Agroeca species are relatively large Liocranids which can be distinguished by the presence of three pairs of ventral spines on metatarsus I. Twenty four palaearctic and nearctic species have been described, of which some are insufficiently known; a few neotropical and oriental species are probably misplaced in the genus.

Two species have been mentioned from the Maghreb. In 1932, S im on mentioned the presence in Algeria of Agroeca annulipes Sim on, a species formerly known only from Corsica. In 1956, Denis described Agroeca liocranoides , a new species from Morocco.