Biology:Rothus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Rothus
Rothus purpurissatus01.jpg
R. aethiopicus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Rothus
Simon, 1898[1]
Species
  • Simon, 1898 – South Africa (Pavesi, 1883) – Africa, Israel
  • R. auratus R. aethiopicus
  • Pocock, 1900 – South Africa R. vittatus

Rothus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[2] (As of June 2019) it contains only three species, found only in Africa and Israel: R. aethiopicus, R. auratus, and R. vittatus.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Rothus Simon, 1898. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2421. Retrieved 2019-07-05. 
  2. Simon, E. (1898). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux des familles des Agelenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae et Oxyopidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 42: 5–34. 

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