Biology:Scotargus

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Scotargus
Scientific classification e
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Simon, 1913[1]
Type species
S. pilosus
Simon, 1913
Species

6, see text

Scotargus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.[2]

Species

As of May 2019 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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Scotargus Simon, 1913. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1606. Retrieved 2019-06-23. 
  2. Simon, E. (1913), "Araneae et Opiliones (Quatrème série)", Biospeologica, XXX, 52, pp. 359–386 

Wikidata ☰ Q576155 entry