Scolecura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Scolecura
Millidge, 1991[1]
Type species
S. cognata
Millidge, 1991
Species

4, see text

Scolecura is a genus of South American sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.[2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains four species, found in Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil:[1]

  • Scolecura cambara Rodrigues, 2005 – Brazil
  • Scolecura cognata Millidge, 1991 (type) – Colombia
  • Scolecura parilis Millidge, 1991 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Scolecura propinqua Millidge, 1991 – Argentina

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Scolecura Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.


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