Nemoscolus

Nemoscolus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]

Nemoscolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Nemoscolus
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
N. laurae
(Simon, 1868)
Species

15, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains fifteen species, all found in Africa except for N. laurae, found in the western Mediterranean:[1]

  • Nemoscolus affinis Lessert, 1933 – Congo
  • Nemoscolus caudifer Strand, 1906 – West Africa
  • Nemoscolus cotti Lessert, 1933 – Mozambique
  • Nemoscolus elongatus Lawrence, 1947 – South Africa
  • Nemoscolus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 – Uganda
  • Nemoscolus lateplagiatis Simon, 1907 – Guinea-Bissau
  • Nemoscolus laurae (Simon, 1868) – Western Mediterranean
  • Nemoscolus niger Caporiacco, 1936 – Libya
  • Nemoscolus obscurus Simon, 1897 – South Africa
  • Nemoscolus rectifrons Roewer, 1961 – Senegal
  • Nemoscolus semilugens Denis, 1966 – Libya
  • Nemoscolus tubicola (Simon, 1887) – South Africa
  • Nemoscolus turricola Berland, 1933 – Mali
  • Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Simon, 1897 – South Africa
  • Nemoscolus waterloti Berland, 1920 – Madagascar
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References
  1. "Gen. Nemoscolus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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