Scopoides Explained

Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989.^[1]

Species

it contains fifteen species:^[2]

• Scopoides asceticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – Mexico
• Scopoides bryantae (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides cambridgei (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides catharius (Chamberlin, 1922) (type) – USA
• Scopoides gertschi (Platnick, 1978) – USA
• Scopoides gyirongensis Hu, 2001 – China
• Scopoides kastoni (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides naturalisticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides nesiotes (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
• Scopoides ochraceus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Mexico
• Scopoides rostratus (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
• Scopoides santiago (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
• Scopoides tlacolula (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
• Scopoides wanglangensis Yuan, Zhao & Zhang, 2019 – China
• Scopoides xizangensis Hu, 2001 – China

Notes and References

1. Platnick. N. I.. 1989. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Journal of Arid Environments . 17 . 3 . 358 . 10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30893-0 . 1989JArEn..17..358P .
2. 2022 . Gen. Scopoides Platnick, 1989 . World Spider Catalog Version 23.0 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . 25 March 2022.