Scotognapha Explained

Scotognapha is a genus of European ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1920.^[1]

Species

it contains fourteen species, all from the Canary Islands and the Savage Islands:^[2]

• Scotognapha arcuata Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha atomaria Dalmas, 1920 – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha brunnea Schmidt, 1980 – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha canaricola (Strand, 1911) – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha convexa (Simon, 1883) (type) – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha costacalma Platnick, Ovtsharenko & Murphy, 2001 – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha galletas Platnick, Ovtsharenko & Murphy, 2001 – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha haria Platnick, Ovtsharenko & Murphy, 2001 – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha juangrandica Platnick, Ovtsharenko & Murphy, 2001 – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha medano Platnick, Ovtsharenko & Murphy, 2001 – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha paivani (Blackwall, 1864) – Selvagens Is.
• Scotognapha taganana Platnick, Ovtsharenko & Murphy, 2001 – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha teideensis (Wunderlich, 1992) – Canary Is.
• Scotognapha wunderlichi Platnick, Ovtsharenko & Murphy, 2001 – Canary Is.

Notes and References

1. Dalmas. R. de. 1920. Deux nouveaux genres d'araignées de la famille des Gnaphosidae.. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 119–124. 1920.
2. Web site: Gen. Scotognapha Dalmas, 1920. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.