Biology:Sisicottus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Sisicottus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Sisicottus
Bishop & Crosby, 1938[1]
Type species
S. montanus
(Emerton, 1882)
Species

9, see text

Sisicottus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1938.[2] They can be found in moss and litter of conifer forests.[3]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains nine species, found in Russia , the United States , Canada and on the Kuril Islands:[1]

  • Sisicottus aenigmaticus Miller, 1999 – USA
  • Sisicottus crossoclavis Miller, 1999 – USA, Canada
  • Sisicottus cynthiae Miller, 1999 – USA
  • Sisicottus montanus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA, Canada
  • Sisicottus montigena Bishop & Crosby, 1938 – USA
  • Sisicottus nesides (Chamberlin, 1921) – USA, Canada
  • Sisicottus orites (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA, Canada
  • Sisicottus panopeus Miller, 1999 – USA, Canada, Russia (Kurile Is.)
  • Sisicottus quoylei Miller, 1999 – USA, Canada

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 1938. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1622. Retrieved 2019-06-23. 
  2. Bishop, S. C.; Crosby, C. R. (1938). "Studies in American spiders: Miscellaneous genera of Erigoneae, Part II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society 46: 55–107. 
  3. "Genus Sisicottus". BugGuide. https://bugguide.net/node/view/264843. Retrieved 2019-06-23. 

Wikidata ☰ Q576210 entry