Scotargus
Genus of spiders
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Scotargus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.[2]
| Scotargus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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6, see text | |
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.