Scotargus

Scotargus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.^[2]

Scotargus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Scotargus Simon, 1913[1]
Type species
S. pilosus Simon, 1913
Species
6, see text

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands:^[1]

• Scotargus enghoffi Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Scotargus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Scotargus numidicus Bosmans, 2006 – Algeria
• Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913 (type) – Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia
• Scotargus secundus Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
• Scotargus tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)