''Sphecozone'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sheet weavers that was first described by
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider from a large collection that he made with contrib ...
in 1871.
Species
it contains thirty-four species, found in
South America
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, the
United States
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, and on the
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...
:
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Sphecozone altehabitans''
( Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
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Sphecozone alticeps''
Millidge, 1991 – Colombia
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Sphecozone araeonciformis''
( Simon, 1895) – Argentina
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Sphecozone bicolor''
(Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
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Sphecozone capitata''
Millidge, 1991 – Peru
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Sphecozone castanea''
(Millidge, 1991) – Brazil
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Sphecozone corniculans''
Millidge, 1991 – Colombia
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Sphecozone cornuta''
Millidge, 1991 – Argentina
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Sphecozone crassa''
(Millidge, 1991) – Colombia, Brazil
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Sphecozone crinita''
Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador
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Sphecozone diversicolor''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina
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Sphecozone fastibilis''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina
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Sphecozone formosa''
(Millidge, 1991) – Ecuador
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Sphecozone gravis''
(Millidge, 1991) – Bolivia
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Sphecozone ignigena''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina
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Sphecozone labiata''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil
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Sphecozone lobata''
Millidge, 1991 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
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Sphecozone longipes''
( Strand, 1908) – Peru
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Sphecozone magnipalpis''
Millidge, 1993 – USA
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Sphecozone melanocephala''
(Millidge, 1991) – Brazil
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Sphecozone modesta''
(Nicolet, 1849) – Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina
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Sphecozone modica''
Millidge, 1991 – Argentina
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Sphecozone nigripes''
Millidge, 1991 – Peru
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Sphecozone nitens''
Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador, Peru
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Sphecozone niwina''
( Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru, Bolivia, Chile
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Sphecozone novaeteutoniae''
(Baert, 1987) – Brazil
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Sphecozone personata''
(Simon, 1894) – Brazil
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Sphecozone rostrata''
Millidge, 1991 – Brazil
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Sphecozone rubescens''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (
type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
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Sphecozone rubicunda''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
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Sphecozone spadicaria''
(Simon, 1894) – Colombia, Trinidad, Venezuela
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Sphecozone tumidosa''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina
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Sphecozone varia''
Millidge, 1991 – Peru
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Sphecozone venialis''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina
See also
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List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)
References
Araneomorphae genera
Linyphiidae
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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