Scopoides
Genus of spiders
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Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989, found in Mexico and the United States.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
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Two of the Chinese species originally part of this genus were moved to the newly described genus Platnickus in 2023, while the third was moved to genus Allozelotes.[3]
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes twelve species:[1]
- Scopoides asceticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – Mexico
- Scopoides bryantae (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – United States, Mexico
- Scopoides cambridgei (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – United States, Mexico
- Scopoides catharius (Chamberlin, 1922) – United States (type species)
- Scopoides gertschi (Platnick, 1978) – United States
- Scopoides kastoni (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – United States, Mexico
- Scopoides naturalisticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – United States, Mexico
- Scopoides nesiotes (Chamberlin, 1924) – United States, 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