Scutpelecopsis Explained

Scutpelecopsis is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Y. M. Marusik & V. A. Gnelitsa in 2009.^[1]

Species

it contains five species:^[2]

• Scutpelecopsis krausi (Wunderlich, 1980) – SE Europe (Balkans) to Armenia
• Scutpelecopsis loricata Duma & Tanasevitch, 2011 – Romania
• Scutpelecopsis media Wunderlich, 2011 – Turkey
• Scutpelecopsis procer Wunderlich, 2011 – Iran
• Scutpelecopsis wunderlichi Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009 (type) – Georgia

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

Notes and References

1. Marusik. Y. M.. Gnelitsa. V. A.. 2009. Description of a new genus of spiders from the eastern Mediterranean and the most armored erigonid species from the western Caucasus (Aranei: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Arthropoda Selecta. 57–68. 18.
2. Gen. Scutpelecopsis Marusik & Gnelitsa, 2009. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.