''Scotospilus'' 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
dwarf sheet spiders 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 Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
in 1886.
Species
it contains nine species:
[Forster, R. R. (1970)]
The spiders of New Zealand. Part III
''Otago Museum Bulletin'' 3: 1-184
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Scotospilus ampullarius''
(Hickman, 1948) – Australia (Tasmania)
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Scotospilus bicolor''
Simon, 1886 (
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) – Australia (Tasmania)
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Scotospilus divisus''
( Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
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Scotospilus longus''
Zhang, Li & Pham, 2013 – Vietnam
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Scotospilus maindroni''
(Simon, 1906) – India
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Scotospilus nelsonensis''
(Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
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Scotospilus plenus''
(Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
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Scotospilus wellingtoni''
(Hickman, 1948) – Australia (Tasmania)
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Scotospilus westlandicus''
(Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
References
Araneomorphae genera
Hahniidae
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Australia
Spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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