Agroeca Westring, 1861

Barrion, A. T. & Litsinger, J. A., 1995, Family Clubionidae Wagner- Genera Alaeho, Castianeira, Agroeca, Phrurolithus & Scotinella, Riceland Spiders of South and Southeast Asia, Oxon, UK: CAB International, pp. 170-180 : 172

Genus Agroeca Westring

Agroeca Westring, 1861 . Goteb. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 7: 311.

A moderately small group of clubionids with wide geographical distribution. These spiders have ovoid carapace, narrowed in front, bordered by a black marginal stripe; long thoracic groove with streaks radiating from this and widened out, sometimes forming loops producing characteristic patterns, and lighter submarginal lateral bands; eyes in two rows, compact and both procurved, AME smaller than ALE and posterior eyes almost equidistant; median ocular area (MOA) wider behind than in front; chelicerae moderately robust though short, two rows of teeth present and retromargin with two teeth; maxillae longer than wide, outer lateral sides straight without median constriction; labium almost as wide as long; leg formula 4123, tibia I with two pairs of ventral spines, metatarsi 1 and II with three pairs of ventral spines, the apical ones shorter and more laterally set; scopulae not well defined in smaller species, present in tarsi and extend to metatarsi; anterior spinnerets more robust than the posterior pair and relatively shorter.