Scotargus
| Scotargus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Scotargus Simon, 1913[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. pilosus Simon, 1913
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| Species | |
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6, see text | |
Scotargus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.[2]
Species
[edit]As of May 2019[update] it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands:[1]
- Scotargus enghoffi Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Scotargus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Scotargus numidicus Bosmans, 2006 – Algeria
- Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913 (type) – Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia
- Scotargus secundus Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
- Scotargus tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Scotargus Simon, 1913". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ Simon, E. (1913), "Araneae et Opiliones (Quatrème série)", Biospeologica, XXX, vol. 52, pp. 359–386