''Scolecura'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
South America
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n
sheet weavers that was first described by
Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.
Species
it contains four species, found in
Argentina
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,
Colombia
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, and
Brazil
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:
*''
Scolecura cambara''
Rodrigues, 2005 – Brazil
*''
Scolecura cognata''
Millidge, 1991 (
type
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) – Colombia
*''
Scolecura parilis''
Millidge, 1991 – Brazil, Argentina
*''
Scolecura propinqua''
Millidge, 1991 – Argentina
See also
*
List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)
This article lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of May 14, 2020, from Q to Z. Some genera have been updated to the World Spider Catalog version 21.0 .
''Racata''
'' Racata'' Millidge, 1995
* '' Racata brevis'' Tanase ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Linyphiidae
Spiders of South America
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