Scotophaeus

Scotophaeus
Scotophaeus blackwalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Scotophaeus Simon, 1893[1]

Scotophaeus is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae.

Species

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[1]

• Scotophaeus aculeatus Simon, 1914 – France
• Scotophaeus affinis Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
• Scotophaeus afghanicus Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan
• Scotophaeus arboricola Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast
• Scotophaeus bersebaensis Strand, 1915 – Namibia
• Scotophaeus bharatae Gajbe, 1989 – India
• Scotophaeus bifidus Schmidt & Krause, 1994 – Cape Verde Is.
• Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871) – cosmopolitan
• Scotophaeus brolemanni Simon, 1914 – France
• Scotophaeus cecileae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Scotophaeus correntinus Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina
• Scotophaeus crinitus Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast
• Scotophaeus dispulsus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – Tajikistan, Mongolia
• Scotophaeus domesticus Tikader, 1962 – India
• Scotophaeus fabrisae Caporiacco, 1950 – Italy
• Scotophaeus faisalabadiensis Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 – Pakistan
• Scotophaeus gridellii Caporiacco, 1928 – Canary Is.
• Scotophaeus hierro Schmidt, 1977 – Canary Is.
• Scotophaeus hunan Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 – China, Japan
• Scotophaeus insularis Berland, 1936 – Cape Verde Is., Greece
• Scotophaeus invisus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – Yarkand
• Scotophaeus jacksoni Berland, 1936 – Cape Verde Is.
• Scotophaeus jinlin Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China
• Scotophaeus kalimpongensis Gajbe, 1992 – India
• Scotophaeus lamperti Strand, 1906 – Central Africa
• Scotophaeus lindbergi Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan
• Scotophaeus madalasae Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – India
• Scotophaeus marleyi Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Scotophaeus mauckneri Schmidt, 1956 – Canary Is.
• Scotophaeus merkaricola Strand, 1907 – India
• Scotophaeus meruensis Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
• Scotophaeus microdon Caporiacco, 1933 – Libya
• Scotophaeus musculus (Simon, 1878) – France, Madeira, Salvages
• Scotophaeus nanoides Wunderlich, 2011 – Portugal
• Scotophaeus nanus Wunderlich, 1995 – Austria
• Scotophaeus natalensis Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
• Scotophaeus nigrosegmentatus (Simon, 1895) – Mongolia, Karakorum
• Scotophaeus nossibeensis Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
• Scotophaeus nyrensis Simon, 1909 – East Africa
• Scotophaeus parvioculis Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
• Scotophaeus peninsularis Roewer, 1928 – Greece, Crete, Israel
• Scotophaeus poonaensis Tikader, 1982 – India
• Scotophaeus pretiosus (L. Koch, 1873) – New Zealand
• Scotophaeus purcelli Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Scotophaeus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type species) – Europe, Russia
• Scotophaeus rajasthanus Tikader, 1966 – India
• Scotophaeus rebellatus (Simon, 1880) – China
• Scotophaeus regularis Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
• Scotophaeus relegatus Purcell, 1907 – South Africa
• Scotophaeus retusus (Simon, 1878) – France
• Scotophaeus rufescens (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia
• Scotophaeus schenkeli Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
• Scotophaeus scutulatus (L. Koch, 1866) – Europe to Central Asia, Algeria
• Scotophaeus semitectus (Simon, 1886) – Senegal
• Scotophaeus simlaensis Tikader, 1982 – India, China
• Scotophaeus strandi Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
• Scotophaeus tubicola Schmidt, 1990 – Canary Is.
• Scotophaeus typhlus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 – Cape Verde Is.
• Scotophaeus validus (Lucas, 1846) – Southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria
• Scotophaeus westringi Simon, 1914 – France
• Scotophaeus xizang Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 – China

References

1. "Gen. Scotophaeus Simon, 1893", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-16