''Silometopus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
sheet weavers that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1926.
Species
it contains eighteen species, found in
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
and
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
:
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Silometopus acutus''
Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe)
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Silometopus ambiguus''
( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906) – Western and northern Europe
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Silometopus bonessi''
Casemir, 1970 – Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia
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Silometopus braunianus''
Thaler, 1978 – Alps (Switzerland, Italy, Austria)
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Silometopus crassipedis''
Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
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Silometopus curtus''
(Simon, 1881) (
type) – Spain, France, ?Hungary, ?Malta, ?Egypt
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Silometopus elegans''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Central Asia/Siberia)
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Silometopus elton''
Tanasevitch & Grushko, 2020 – Russia (Europe)
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Silometopus graecus''
Bosmans, 2020 – Greece
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Silometopus incurvatus''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Central Asia
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Silometopus minutus''
Tanasevitch, 2016 – Israel
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Silometopus nitidithorax''
(Simon, 1915) – France, Greece
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Silometopus pectinatus''
Tanasevitch, 2016 – Israel
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Silometopus reussi''
( Thorell, 1871) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
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Silometopus rosemariae''
Wunderlich, 1969 – Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy
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Silometopus sachalinensis''
(Eskov & Marusik, 1994) – Russia (Sakhalin), Japan
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Silometopus tenuispinus''
Denis, 1950 – France, Andorra
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Silometopus uralensis''
Tanasevitch, 1985 – Russia (Urals to Central Asia/Siberia)
See also
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List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)
This article lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of May 14, 2020, from Q to Z. Some genera have been updated to the World Spider Catalog version 21.0 .
''Racata''
'' Racata'' Millidge, 1995
* '' Racata brevis'' Tanase ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Linyphiidae
Palearctic spiders
Spiders of Asia
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