Rothus

Rothus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[2] As of June 2019^[update] it contains only three species, found only in Africa and Israel: R. aethiopicus, R. auratus, and R. vittatus.^[1]

Rothus
R. aethiopicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pisauridae
Genus:	Rothus Simon, 1898[1]
Species
R. aethiopicus (Pavesi, 1883) – Africa, Israel R. auratus Pocock, 1900 – South Africa R. vittatus Simon, 1898 – South Africa

See also

• List of Pisauridae species