''Scolecura'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

n sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.

Species

it contains four species, found in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

: *'' Scolecura cambara'' Rodrigues, 2005 – Brazil *'' Scolecura cognata'' Millidge, 1991 (

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) – Colombia *'' Scolecura parilis'' Millidge, 1991 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Scolecura propinqua'' Millidge, 1991 – Argentina

References

Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of South America {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

See also

References