Silometopoides Explained

Silometopoides is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1990.^[1]

Species

it contains nine species, found in Europe, Asia, the United States, Canada, and Greenland:^[2]

• Silometopoides asiaticus (Eskov, 1995) – Kazakhstan
• Silometopoides koponeni (Eskov & Marusik, 1994) – Russia
• Silometopoides mongolensis Eskov & Marusik, 1992 – Russia, Mongolia
• Silometopoides pampia (Chamberlin, 1949) (type) – Russia, Canada, Greenland
• Silometopoides pingrensis (Crosby & Bishop, 1933) – USA
• Silometopoides sibiricus (Eskov, 1989) – Russia
• Silometopoides sphagnicola Eskov & Marusik, 1992 – Russia (Europe, Siberia)
• Silometopoides tibialis (Heimer, 1987) – Russia, Mongolia
• Silometopoides yodoensis (Oi, 1960) – Russia, China, Korea, Japan

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

Notes and References

1. Eskov. K. Y.. 1990. New monotypic genera of the spider family Linyphiidae (Aranei) from Siberia: Communication 2. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal. 43–53. 69. 1.
2. Gen. Silometopoides Eskov, 1990. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.