Sphecozone Explained

Sphecozone is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871.^[1]

Species

it contains thirty-four species, found in South America, the United States, and on the Trinidad:^[2]

• Sphecozone altehabitans (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
• Sphecozone alticeps Millidge, 1991 – Colombia
• Sphecozone araeonciformis (Simon, 1895) – Argentina
• Sphecozone bicolor (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
• Sphecozone capitata Millidge, 1991 – Peru
• Sphecozone castanea (Millidge, 1991) – Brazil
• Sphecozone corniculans Millidge, 1991 – Colombia
• Sphecozone cornuta Millidge, 1991 – Argentina
• Sphecozone crassa (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia, Brazil
• Sphecozone crinita Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador
• Sphecozone diversicolor (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina
• Sphecozone fastibilis (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina
• Sphecozone formosa (Millidge, 1991) – Ecuador
• Sphecozone gravis (Millidge, 1991) – Bolivia
• Sphecozone ignigena (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina
• Sphecozone labiata (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil
• Sphecozone lobata Millidge, 1991 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
• Sphecozone longipes (Strand, 1908) – Peru
• Sphecozone magnipalpis Millidge, 1993 – USA
• Sphecozone melanocephala (Millidge, 1991) – Brazil
• Sphecozone modesta (Nicolet, 1849) – Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina
• Sphecozone modica Millidge, 1991 – Argentina
• Sphecozone nigripes Millidge, 1991 – Peru
• Sphecozone nitens Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador, Peru
• Sphecozone niwina (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru, Bolivia, Chile
• Sphecozone novaeteutoniae (Baert, 1987) – Brazil
• Sphecozone personata (Simon, 1894) – Brazil
• Sphecozone rostrata Millidge, 1991 – Brazil
• Sphecozone rubescens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• Sphecozone rubicunda (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
• Sphecozone spadicaria (Simon, 1894) – Colombia, Trinidad, Venezuela
• Sphecozone tumidosa (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina
• Sphecozone varia Millidge, 1991 – Peru
• Sphecozone venialis (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

Notes and References

1. Pickard-Cambridge. O.. 1871. On some new genera and species of Araneida. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 728–747. 38. Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge.
2. Gen. Sphecozone O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-24. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.