''Sauron'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov & Y. M. Marusik in 1995. They reach a body length of . The genus name is derived from

Sauron Sauron (pronounced ) is the title character and the primary antagonist, through the forging of the One Ring, of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'', where he rules the land of Mordor and has the ambition of ruling the whole of Middl ...

, a character in the books of J. R. R. Tolkien.

Species

it contains only two species, '' S. fissocornis'' and '' S. rayi''. ''S. fissocornis'' was described from individuals collected in the

Saur Mountains The Saur Mountains (; kk, Сауыр жоталары, ''Sauyr jotalary''; russian: Саур) is one of the mountain ranges in the Tian Shan system. An eastern extension of the Tarbagatai Mountains, it starts on the China-Kazakhstan border and co ...

of Kazakhstan. ''S. rayi'' was originally described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4 ...

in 1881 as ''Erigone rayi'', and occurs throughout Central and Eastern Europe from France to Russia.

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Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of Europe Spiders of Asia Organisms named after Tolkien and his works {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

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