Biology:Scolecura

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Scolecura
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Scolecura
Millidge, 1991[1]
Type species
S. cognata
Millidge, 1991
Species

4, see text

Scolecura is a genus of South American sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains four species, found in Argentina , Colombia, and Brazil :[1]

  • Scolecura cambara Rodrigues, 2005 – Brazil
  • Scolecura cognata Millidge, 1991 (type) – Colombia
  • Scolecura parilis Millidge, 1991 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Scolecura propinqua Millidge, 1991 – Argentina

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Scolecura Millidge, 1991. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1604. Retrieved 2019-06-23. 
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 205: 1–199. 

Wikidata ☰ Q577079 entry