Scotinoecus

Scotinoecus is a genus of South American funnel-web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2] Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Hexathelidae in 1980.[3]

Scotinoecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Hexathelidae
Genus: Scotinoecus
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
S. cinereopilosus
(Simon, 1889)
Species

4, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species:[1]

  • Scotinoecus cinereopilosus (Simon, 1889) (type) – Chile
  • Scotinoecus fasciatus Tullgren, 1901 – Chile, Argentina
  • Scotinoecus major Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile
  • Scotinoecus ruiles Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2012 – Chile

References
  1. "Gen. Scotinoecus Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. Raven, R. J. (1980). "The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata)". Journal of Arachnology. 8: 253.


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