Sisicottus

Sisicottus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 1938[1]
Type species
S. montanus (Emerton, 1882)
Species
9, see text

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^[update] 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

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "Genus Sisicottus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-23.