Sisicottus

Sisicottus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1938.[2] They can be found in moss and litter of conifer forests.[3]

Sisicottus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Sisicottus
Bishop & Crosby, 1938[1]
Type species
S. montanus
(Emerton, 1882)
Species

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Species

As of May 2019 it contains nine species, found in Russia, the United States, Canadaand on the Kuril Islands:[1]

  • Sisicottus aenigmaticus Miller, 1999 – USA
  • Sisicottus crossoclavis Miller, 1999 – USA, Canada
  • Sisicottus cynthiae Miller, 1999 – USA
  • Sisicottus montanus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA, Canada
  • Sisicottus montigena Bishop & Crosby, 1938 – USA
  • Sisicottus nesides (Chamberlin, 1921) – USA, Canada
  • Sisicottus orites (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA, Canada
  • Sisicottus panopeus Miller, 1999 – USA, Canada, Russia (Kurile Is.)
  • Sisicottus quoylei Miller, 1999 – USA, Canada
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See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. Bishop, S. C.; Crosby, C. R. (1938). "Studies in American spiders: Miscellaneous genera of Erigoneae, Part II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 46: 55–107.
  3. "Genus Sisicottus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-23.


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