NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Diores auricula Tucker, 1920
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diores auricula Tucker, 1920
- Name authority
- Tucker, 1920
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Zodariidae
- Genus
- Diores
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumChelicerata
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyZodariidae Thorell, 1881
- genusDiores Simon, 1893
- speciesDiores auricula Tucker, 1920
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diores. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diores anomalus Jocqué, 1990 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores bifurcatus Tucker, 1920 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores radulifer Simon, 1910 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores rectus Jocqué, 1990 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores recurvatus Jocqué, 1990 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores sequax Jocqué, 1990 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores simoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores simplicior Jocqué, 1990 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores strandi Caporiacco, 1949 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores tavetae Berland, 1920 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores triarmatus Lessert, 1929 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diores univittatus Tullgren, 1910 | ZodariidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Tucker, R. W. E. (1920). Contributions to the South African Arachnid Fauna. II. On some new South African spiders of the families Barychelidae, Dipluridae, Eresidae, Zodariidae, Heracliidae, Urocteidae, Clubionidae. Annals of the South African Museum 17: 439-488, pl. 28-29. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36BTX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.