''Scalidognathus'' is a

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n armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892. Originally placed with the

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, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.

Species

it contains six species: *'' Scalidognathus montanus'' ( Pocock, 1900) – India *'' Scalidognathus nigriaraneus'' Sanap & Mirza, 2011 – India *'' Scalidognathus oreophilus''

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, 1892 – Sri Lanka *'' Scalidognathus radialis'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (

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) – Sri Lanka *'' Scalidognathus seticeps'' Karsch, 1892 – Sri Lanka *'' Scalidognathus tigerinus'' Sanap & Mirza, 2011 – India

References

Idiopidae Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia {{Idiopidae-stub

Species

See also

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