Scopoides

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Scopoides
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Scopoides
Platnick, 1989 [1]
Type species
S. catharius
(Chamberlin, 1922)
Species

15, see text

Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989. [2]

Species

As of March 2022 it contains fifteen species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Scopoides Platnick, 1989". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. Platnick, N. I. (1989). "Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981". Journal of Arid Environments. 17 (3): 358. Bibcode:1989JArEn..17..358P. doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30893-0.