Scotospilus Explained

Scotospilus is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1886.^[1]

Species

it contains nine species:^{[2] [3]}

• Scotospilus ampullarius (Hickman, 1948) – Australia (Tasmania)
• Scotospilus bicolor Simon, 1886 (type) – Australia (Tasmania)
• Scotospilus divisus (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Scotospilus longus Zhang, Li & Pham, 2013 – Vietnam
• Scotospilus maindroni (Simon, 1906) – India
• Scotospilus nelsonensis (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Scotospilus plenus (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Scotospilus wellingtoni (Hickman, 1948) – Australia (Tasmania)
• Scotospilus westlandicus (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Simon . E. . 1886 . Descriptions de quelques espèces nouvelles de la famille des Agelenidae. . Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique . 30 . 56–61.
2. Gen. Scotospilus Simon, 1886. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-07. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184