''Scotophaeus'' is a genus of

ground spiders Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...

that was first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1893.

Species

it contains sixty-two species and two subspecies: *'' S. aculeatus'' Simon, 1914 – France *'' S. affinis''

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, 1949 – Kenya *'' S. afghanicus'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' S. arboricola'' Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast *'' S. bersebaensis'' Strand, 1915 – Namibia *'' S. bharatae'' Gajbe, 1989 – India *'' S. bifidus'' Schmidt & Krause, 1994 – Cape Verde Is. *'' S. blackwalli'' ( Thorell, 1871) – Europe, Caucasus. Introduced to North America, Peru, Hawaii **'' Scotophaeus b. isabellinus'' (Simon, 1873) – France (Corsica), Italy, Croatia, USA & Canada (Cosmopolitan) **'' Scotophaeus b. politus'' (Simon, 1878) – France *'' S. brolemanni'' Simon, 1914 – France *'' S. cecileae'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' S. correntinus'' Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina *'' S. crinitus'' Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast *'' S. dispulsus'' (

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, 1885) – Tajikistan, Mongolia *'' S. dolanskyi'' Lissner, 2017 – Portugal *'' S. domesticus'' Tikader, 1962 – India *'' S. fabrisae'' Caporiacco, 1950 – Italy *'' S. faisalabadiensis'' Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 – Pakistan *'' S. gridellii'' Caporiacco, 1928 – Canary Is. *'' S. hierro'' Schmidt, 1977 – Canary Is. *'' S. hunan'' Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 – China, Japan *'' S. insularis'' Berland, 1936 – Cape Verde Is., Greece *'' S. invisus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – China (Yarkand) *'' S. jacksoni'' Berland, 1936 – Cape Verde Is. *'' S. jinlin'' Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China *'' S. kalimpongensis'' Gajbe, 1992 – India *'' S. lamperti'' Strand, 1906 – Central Africa *'' S. lindbergi'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' S. madalasae'' Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – India *'' S. marleyi'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' S. mauckneri'' Schmidt, 1956 – Canary Is. *'' S. merkaricola'' Strand, 1907 – India *'' S. meruensis'' Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa *'' S. microdon'' Caporiacco, 1933 – Libya *'' S. musculus'' (Simon, 1878) – Salvages, Madeira, France *'' S. nanoides'' Wunderlich, 2011 – Portugal *'' S. nanus'' Wunderlich, 1995 – Austria *'' S. natalensis'' Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa *'' S. nigrosegmentatus'' (Simon, 1895) – Mongolia, Karakorum *'' S. nossibeensis'' Strand, 1907 – Madagascar *'' S. nyrensis'' Simon, 1909 – East Africa *'' S. parvioculis'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia *'' S. peninsularis'' Roewer, 1928 – Greece (incl. Crete), Israel *'' S. poonaensis'' Tikader, 1982 – India *'' S. pretiosus'' ( L. Koch, 1873) – New Zealand *'' S. purcelli'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' S. quadripunctatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (

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) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus *'' S. rajasthanus'' Tikader, 1966 – India *'' S. rebellatus'' (Simon, 1880) – China *'' S. regularis'' Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa *'' S. relegatus'' Purcell, 1907 – Namibia, South Africa *'' S. retusus'' (Simon, 1878) – France *'' S. rufescens'' (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia *'' S. schenkeli'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya *'' S. scutulatus'' (L. Koch, 1866) – Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia *'' S. semitectus'' (Simon, 1886) – Senegal *'' S. simlaensis'' Tikader, 1982 – India, China *'' S. strandi'' Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia *'' S. tubicola'' Schmidt, 1990 – Canary Is. *'' S. typhlus'' Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 – Cape Verde Is. *'' S. validus'' (Lucas, 1846) – Southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria *'' S. westringi'' Simon, 1914 – France *'' S. xizang'' Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 – China

References

Araneomorphae genera Gnaphosidae Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Gnaphosidae-stub