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of sheet weavers that was first described by

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, and on the

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Scotargus enghoffi ''Scotargus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913. Species it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands: *'' Scotargus enghoffi'' Wunderlich, 1992 – ...

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Scotargus grancanariensis ''Scotargus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913. Species it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands: *'' Scotargus enghoffi'' Wunderlich, 1992 – ...

'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is. *''

Scotargus numidicus ''Scotargus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913. Species it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands: *'' Scotargus enghoffi'' Wunderlich, 1992 – ...

'' Bosmans, 2006 – Algeria *'' Scotargus pilosus'' Simon, 1913 (

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Scotargus secundus ''Scotargus'' is a genus of Linyphiidae, sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1913. Species it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands: *''Scotargus engho ...

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Scotargus tenerifensis ''Scotargus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913. Species it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands: *'' Scotargus enghoffi'' Wunderlich, 1992 – ...

'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.

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Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Palearctic spiders Spiders of Africa Spiders of the Canary Islands {{Linyphiidae-stub

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