Scotospilus facts for kids
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Hahniidae |
| Genus: | Scotospilus Simon, 1886 |
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| S. bicolor Simon, 1886
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Scotospilus is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1886.
Species
As of May 2019[update] 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
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