Scutpelecopsis

Scutpelecopsis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Scutpelecopsis Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009[1]
Type species
S. wunderlichi Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009
Species
5, see text

Scutpelecopsis is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Y. M. Marusik & V. A. Gnelitsa in 2009.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species:[1]

• Scutpelecopsis krausi (Wunderlich, 1980) – SE Europe (Balkans) to Armenia
• Scutpelecopsis loricata Duma & Tanasevitch, 2011 – Romania
• Scutpelecopsis media Wunderlich, 2011 – Turkey
• Scutpelecopsis procer Wunderlich, 2011 – Iran
• Scutpelecopsis wunderlichi Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009 (type) – Georgia

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

References

1. "Gen. Scutpelecopsis Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
2. Marusik, Y. M.; Gnelitsa, V. A. (2009). "Description of a new genus of spiders from the eastern Mediterranean and the most armored erigonid species from the western Caucasus (Aranei: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)". Arthropoda Selecta. 18: 57–68.