Sancus (spider)

This article is about a genus of spiders. For the genus of butterflies, see Sancus (skipper). For Roman god, see Sancus.

Sancus is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Hugo Albert Tullgren in 1910.^[3] As of November 2019^[update] it contains two species, found in Tanzania, Kenya, and on the Azores: S. acoreensis and S. bilineatus.^[1] The name "Sancus" is currently accepted by the World Spider Catalog, but it was already in use for a genus of skippers when this genus was named.^[4]

Sancus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Sancus Tullgren, 1910[1]
Type species
S. bilineatus Tullgren, 1910
Species
S. acoreensis (Wunderlich, 1992) – Azores S. bilineatus Tullgren, 1910 – Kenya, Tanzania
Synonyms[1]
Leucognatha Wunderlich, 1992[2]

See also

• Sancus (skipper)
• List of Tetragnathidae species