Silometopus elegans

Silometopus elegans is a species of spiders in the family Linyphiidae found in Europe.^[1] It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1873, as Erigone elegans.^[1][2] It was transferred to the genus Silometopus by Eugène Simon in 1884.^[1][3]

Silometopus elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Silometopus
Species:	S. elegans
Binomial name
Silometopus elegans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Erigone elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 Cnephalocotes elegans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species
• Biota of the Isle of Man
• List of arachnids of Ireland