Biology:Nemoscolus

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Nemoscolus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Nemoscolus
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
N. laurae
(Simon, 1868)
Species

15, see text

Nemoscolus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains fifteen species, all found in Africa except for N. laurae, found in the western Mediterranean:[1]

  • Nemoscolus affinis Lessert, 1933 – Congo
  • Nemoscolus caudifer Strand, 1906 – West Africa
  • Nemoscolus cotti Lessert, 1933 – Mozambique
  • Nemoscolus elongatus Lawrence, 1947 – South Africa
  • Nemoscolus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 – Uganda
  • Nemoscolus lateplagiatis Simon, 1907 – Guinea-Bissau
  • Nemoscolus laurae (Simon, 1868) – Western Mediterranean
  • Nemoscolus niger Caporiacco, 1936 – Libya
  • Nemoscolus obscurus Simon, 1897 – South Africa
  • Nemoscolus rectifrons Roewer, 1961 – Senegal
  • Nemoscolus semilugens Denis, 1966 – Libya
  • Nemoscolus tubicola (Simon, 1887) – South Africa
  • Nemoscolus turricola Berland, 1933 – Mali
  • Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Simon, 1897 – South Africa
  • Nemoscolus waterloti Berland, 1920 – Madagascar

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Nemoscolus Simon, 1895". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/361. Retrieved 2019-05-14. 
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 

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