Scorteccia

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Scorteccia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Scorteccia
Caporiacco, 1936 [1]
Species:
S. termitarum
Binomial name
Scorteccia termitarum
Caporiacco, 1936

Scorteccia is a monotypic genus of North African corinnid sac spiders containing the single species, Scorteccia termitarum. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1936, [2] and has only been found in Libya. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Scorteccia Caporiacco, 1936". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. Caporiacco, L. di (1936). "Aracnidi fezzanesi raccolti dal prof. G. Scortecci nel 1934-XII. (Missione della R. Societa geografica)". Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 75: 67–93.