Scotocesonia

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Scotocesonia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Scotocesonia
Caporiacco, 1947 [1]
Species:
S. demerarae
Binomial name
Scotocesonia demerarae
Caporiacco, 1947

Scotocesonia is a monotypic genus of South American ground spiders containing the single species, Scotocesonia demerarae. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947, [2] and has only been found in Guyana. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Scotocesonia Caporiacco, 1947". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Caporiacco, L. di (1947). "Diagnosi preliminari de specie nuove di aracnidi della Guiana Britannica raccolte dai professori Beccari e Romiti". Monitore Zoologico Italiano. 56: 20–34.