Scalidognathus Explained

Scalidognathus is a genus of Asian armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892.^[1] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.

Species

it contains six species:^[2]

• Scalidognathus montanus (Pocock, 1900) – India
• Scalidognathus nigriaraneus Sanap & Mirza, 2011 – India
• Scalidognathus oreophilus Simon, 1892 – Sri Lanka
• Scalidognathus radialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (type) – Sri Lanka
• Scalidognathus seticeps Karsch, 1892 – Sri Lanka
• Scalidognathus tigerinus Sanap & Mirza, 2011 – India

See also

• List of Idiopidae species
• List of spiders of India

Notes and References

1. Karsch. F.. 1892. Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin.. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 267–310. 36. Ferdinand_Karsch.
2. Gen. Scalidognathus Karsch, 1892. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-12. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.