Sergiolus Explained

Sergiolus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.^[1] They are 3.3to long.^[2]

Species

it contains twenty-one species:^[3]

• Sergiolus angustus (Banks, 1904) – North America
• Sergiolus bicolor Banks, 1900 – USA, Canada
• Sergiolus capulatus (Walckenaer, 1837) (type) – USA, Canada
• Sergiolus columbianus (Emerton, 1917) – USA, Canada
• Sergiolus cyaneiventris Simon, 1893 – USA, Cuba
• Sergiolus decoratus Kaston, 1945 – USA, Canada
• Sergiolus gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1981 – USA, Mexico
• Sergiolus guadalupensis Platnick & Shadab, 1981 – Mexico
• Sergiolus hosiziro (Yaginuma, 1960) – China, Korea, Japan
• Sergiolus iviei Platnick & Shadab, 1981 – USA, Canada
• Sergiolus kastoni Platnick & Shadab, 1981 – USA, Cuba
• Sergiolus lowelli Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929 – USA, Mexico
• Sergiolus magnus (Bryant, 1948) – Hispaniola
• Sergiolus mainlingensis Hu, 2001 – China
• Sergiolus minutus (Banks, 1898) – USA, Cuba, Jamaica
• Sergiolus montanus (Emerton, 1890) – North America
• Sergiolus ocellatus (Walckenaer, 1837) – USA, Canada
• Sergiolus songi Xu, 1991 – China
• Sergiolus stella Chamberlin, 1922 – USA, Mexico
• Sergiolus tennesseensis Chamberlin, 1922 – USA
• Sergiolus unimaculatus Emerton, 1915 – USA, Canada

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1892. On the spiders of the island of St. Vincent. Part 1.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 549–575. 59. 4.
2. Web site: Genus Castianeira. BugGuide. 2019-05-18.
3. 2022. Gen. Sergiolus Simon, 1892. World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. 24 January 2022.