Scopoides

Scopoides; Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Scopoides ; Platnick, 1989
Type species
	S. catharius ; (Chamberlin, 1922)
Species
	15, see text

Last updated October 22, 2025

Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989, found in Mexico and the United States.^[2]

Two of the Chinese species originally part of this genus were moved to the newly described genus Platnickus in 2023, while the third was moved to genus Allozelotes .^[3]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes twelve species:^[1]

Scopoides asceticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – Mexico
Scopoides bryantae (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides cambridgei (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides catharius (Chamberlin, 1922) – United States (type species)
Scopoides gertschi (Platnick, 1978) – United States
Scopoides kastoni (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides naturalisticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides nesiotes (Chamberlin, 1924) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides ochraceus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Mexico
Scopoides rostratus (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
Scopoides santiago (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
Scopoides tlacolula (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico

References

1 2 "Gen. Scopoides Platnick, 1989". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-20.
↑ 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.
↑ Liu, B. (2023). "Revision of the genus Scopoides Platnick, 1989 from China, with description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". ZooKeys (1172): 203–215. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1172.105034 .

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Scopoides Platnick, 1989". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-20.

[Plat1989-2] 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.

[liu2023-3] Liu, B. (2023). "Revision of the genus Scopoides Platnick, 1989 from China, with description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". ZooKeys (1172): 203–215. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1172.105034 .

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