A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae) Author Zonstein, Sergei Author Marusik, Yuri Author Omelko, Mikhail text Zoology in the Middle East 2015 61 4 372 385 journal article 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525 a55cada0-a34a-4733-ba22-22c096b3c07b 807961 Agroeca Westring, 1861 This is a large genus with 28 species distributed throughout the Holarctic ( Platnick, 2014 ). Two species, one from India and one from Peru, are most likely misplaced in this genus. Although the genus is common in the East Mediterranean, it was not previously reported from Israel.