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''Scotargus'' 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 sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.


Species

it contains six species, found in
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,
Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
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North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...
, and on the
Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...
: *'' Scotargus enghoffi'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is. *'' Scotargus grancanariensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is. *'' Scotargus numidicus'' Bosmans, 2006 – Algeria *'' Scotargus pilosus'' Simon, 1913 (
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) – Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia *'' Scotargus secundus'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is. *'' Scotargus tenerifensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.


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 Palearctic spiders Spiders of Africa Spiders of the Canary Islands {{Linyphiidae-stub