''Scotophaeus'' is a

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of ground spiders that was first described by

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in 1893.

Species

it contains sixty-two species and two subspecies: *'' S. aculeatus'' Simon, 1914 – France *'' S. affinis'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya *'' S. afghanicus'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' S. arboricola'' Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast *'' S. bersebaensis''

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, 1915 – Namibia *'' S. bharatae'' Gajbe, 1989 – India *'' S. bifidus''

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& Krause, 1994 – Cape Verde Is. *'' S. blackwalli'' ( Thorell, 1871) – Europe, Caucasus. Introduced to North America, Peru, Hawaii **'' Scotophaeus b. isabellinus'' (Simon, 1873) – France (Corsica), Italy, Croatia, USA & Canada (Cosmopolitan) **'' Scotophaeus b. politus'' (Simon, 1878) – France *'' S. brolemanni'' Simon, 1914 – France *'' S. cecileae'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' S. correntinus'' Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina *'' S. crinitus'' Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast *'' S. dispulsus'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – Tajikistan, Mongolia *'' S. dolanskyi'' Lissner, 2017 – Portugal *'' S. domesticus'' Tikader, 1962 – India *'' S. fabrisae'' Caporiacco, 1950 – Italy *'' S. faisalabadiensis'' Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 – Pakistan *'' S. gridellii'' Caporiacco, 1928 – Canary Is. *'' S. hierro'' Schmidt, 1977 – Canary Is. *'' S. hunan'' Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 – China, Japan *'' S. insularis''

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, 1936 – Cape Verde Is., Greece *'' S. invisus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – China (Yarkand) *'' S. jacksoni'' Berland, 1936 – Cape Verde Is. *'' S. jinlin'' Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 – China *'' S. kalimpongensis'' Gajbe, 1992 – India *'' S. lamperti'' Strand, 1906 – Central Africa *'' S. lindbergi'' Roewer, 1961 – Afghanistan *'' S. madalasae'' Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – India *'' S. marleyi'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' S. mauckneri'' Schmidt, 1956 – Canary Is. *'' S. merkaricola'' Strand, 1907 – India *'' S. meruensis'' Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa *'' S. microdon'' Caporiacco, 1933 – Libya *'' S. musculus'' (Simon, 1878) – Salvages, Madeira, France *'' S. nanoides'' Wunderlich, 2011 – Portugal *'' S. nanus'' Wunderlich, 1995 – Austria *'' S. natalensis'' Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa *'' S. nigrosegmentatus'' (Simon, 1895) – Mongolia, Karakorum *'' S. nossibeensis'' Strand, 1907 – Madagascar *'' S. nyrensis'' Simon, 1909 – East Africa *'' S. parvioculis'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia *'' S. peninsularis'' Roewer, 1928 – Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Israel *'' S. poonaensis'' Tikader, 1982 – India *'' S. pretiosus'' ( L. Koch, 1873) – New Zealand *'' S. purcelli'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' S. quadripunctatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (

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) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus *'' S. rajasthanus'' Tikader, 1966 – India *'' S. rebellatus'' (Simon, 1880) – China *'' S. regularis'' Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa *'' S. relegatus''

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, 1907 – Namibia, South Africa *'' S. retusus'' (Simon, 1878) – France *'' S. rufescens'' (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia *'' S. schenkeli'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya *'' S. scutulatus'' (L. Koch, 1866) – Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Central Asia *'' S. semitectus'' (Simon, 1886) – Senegal *'' S. simlaensis'' Tikader, 1982 – India, China *'' S. strandi'' Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia *'' S. tubicola'' Schmidt, 1990 – Canary Is. *'' S. typhlus'' Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 – Cape Verde Is. *'' S. validus'' (Lucas, 1846) – Southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria *'' S. westringi'' Simon, 1914 – France *'' S. xizang'' Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 – China

References

Gnaphosidae genera Gnaphosidae Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Gnaphosidae-stub