Biology:Scotinoecus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Scotinoecus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

4, see text

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]

Species

(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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Scotinoecus Simon, 1892. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1071. Retrieved 2019-06-11. 
  2. Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell02simo. 
  3. Raven, R. J. (1980). "The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata)". Journal of Arachnology 8: 253. 

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