Scotargus Explained

Scotargus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.

Species

it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands:^[1]

• Scotargus enghoffi Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Scotargus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Scotargus numidicus Bosmans, 2006 – Algeria
• Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913 (type) – Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia
• Scotargus secundus Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
• Scotargus tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

Notes and References

1. Gen. Scotargus Simon, 1913. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.