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Scotospilus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hahniidae
Genus: Scotospilus
Simon, 1886
Type species
S. bicolor
Simon, 1886
Species

9, see text

Synonyms
  • Tuana Forster, 1970

Scotospilus is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1886.

Species

As of May 2019 it contains nine species:

  • Scotospilus ampullarius (Hickman, 1948) – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Scotospilus bicolor Simon, 1886 (type) – Australia (Tasmania)
  • 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

See also

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