Scopoides

Scopoides Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Scopoides Platnick, 1989[1]
Type species
S. catharius (Chamberlin, 1922)
Species
15, see text

Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989.[2]

Species

As of March 2022^[update] it contains fifteen species:[1]

• Scopoides asceticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – Mexico
• Scopoides bryantae (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides cambridgei (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides catharius (Chamberlin, 1922) (type) – USA
• Scopoides gertschi (Platnick, 1978) – USA
• Scopoides gyirongensis Hu, 2001 – China
• Scopoides kastoni (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides naturalisticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides nesiotes (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides ochraceus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Mexico
• Scopoides rostratus (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
• Scopoides santiago (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
• Scopoides tlacolula (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
• Scopoides wanglangensis Yuan, Zhao & Zhang, 2019 – China
• Scopoides xizangensis Hu, 2001 – China

References

1. "Gen. Scopoides Platnick, 1989". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
2. Platnick, N. I. (1989). "Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981". Journal of Arid Environments. 17 (3): 358. Bibcode:1989JArEn..17..358P. doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30893-0.