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Scotinoecus

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Scotinoecus is a genus of South American funnel-web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2] Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Hexathelidae in 1980.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Scotinoecus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Hexathelidae
Genus: Scotinoecus
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
S. cinereopilosus
(Simon, 1889)
Species

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As of May 2019 it contains four species:[1]

  • Scotinoecus cinereopilosus (Simon, 1889) (type) – Chile
  • Scotinoecus fasciatus Tullgren, 1901 – Chile, Argentina
  • Scotinoecus major Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
  • Scotinoecus ruiles Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile

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