| Sisicottus | |
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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: | Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 19381 |
| Type species | |
| S. montanus (Emerton, 1882)
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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
References
References
- Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- 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.
- "Genus Sisicottus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-23.