| Scotargus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Scotargus Simon, 19131 |
| Type species | |
| S. pilosus Simon, 1913
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| Species | |
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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.
References
References
- "Gen. Scotargus Simon, 1913". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- Simon, E. (1913), "Araneae et Opiliones (Quatrème série)", Biospeologica, XXX, vol. 52, pp. 359–386