Sauron (spider) explained

Sauron is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov & Y. M. Marusik in 1995.^[1] They reach a body length of 1.25to. The genus name is derived from Sauron, a character in the books of J. R. R. Tolkien.

Species

it contains only two species, S. fissocornis and S. rayi.^[2] S. fissocornis was described from individuals collected in the Saur Mountains of Kazakhstan. S. rayi was originally described by Eugène Simon in 1881 as Erigone rayi, and occurs throughout Central and Eastern Europe from France to Russia.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

Notes and References

1. Eskov. K. Y.. Marusik. Y. M.. 1995. On the spiders from Saur Mt. range, eastern Kazakhstan (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie. 55–94. 4. 1994.
2. Gen. Sauron Eskov, 1995. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.
3. Web site: Sauron rayi (Simon, 1881). Nentwig. W.. etal. Spiders of Europe. 2016-02-28.
4. Milasowszky. Norbert. Hepner. Martin. First record of Sauron rayi (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Austria. Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 2014. 48. 1–7. 10.5431/aramit4801. free.