Scotospilus
Genus of spiders
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Scotospilus is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1886.[3]
| Scotospilus | |
|---|---|
| |
| S. ampullarius in Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Hahniidae |
| Genus: | Scotospilus Simon, 1886[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. bicolor Simon, 1886 | |
| Species | |
|
9, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes nine species:[1]
- Scotospilus ampullarius (Hickman, 1948) – Australia (Tasmania)
- Scotospilus bicolor Simon, 1886 – Australia (Tasmania) (type species)
- Scotospilus divisus (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
- Scotospilus longus Zhang, Li & Pham, 2013 – Vietnam
- Scotospilus maindroni (Simon, 1906) – India
- Scotospilus nelsonensis (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
- Scotospilus plenus (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
- Scotospilus wellingtoni (Hickman, 1948) – Australia (Tasmania)
- Scotospilus westlandicus (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
