''Sciastes'' is a

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of sheet weavers that was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1938.

Species

it contains seven species, found in

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

and

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

: *'' Sciastes carli'' (Lessert, 1907) – France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria *'' Sciastes dubius'' (Hackman, 1954) – Russia, Canada, USA *'' Sciastes extremus'' Holm, 1967 – Canada, Greenland *'' Sciastes hastatus'' Millidge, 1984 – USA, Canada *'' Sciastes mentasta'' (

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& Ivie, 1947) – Canada, USA (Alaska) *'' Sciastes tenna'' Chamberlin, 1949 – USA *'' Sciastes truncatus'' (Emerton, 1882) (

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) – USA, Canada

References

Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of North America {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

See also

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