Scotargus

Scotargus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Scotargus Simon, 1913[1]
Type species
S. pilosus Simon, 1913
Species
6, see text

Scotargus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] 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.

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

References

1. "Gen. Scotargus Simon, 1913". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
2. Simon, E. (1913), "Araneae et Opiliones (Quatrème série)", Biospeologica, XXX, vol. 52, pp. 359–386