Scolecura

Scolecura
Scientific classification
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^[update] 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

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Scolecura Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. 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.