''Scotinella dixiana'' is a species of phrurolithid spider first described in 1957 from specimens collected at

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in 1936. They are small spiders, the females being under 1/10th inch in length. The females have a dark yellowish brown

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with faint black radiating streaks and a narrow marginal black seam, and a dusky

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marked with a broad transverse band near the middle, two pale spots near the base and four narrow pale

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s in the

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half. The male's coloration is similar to that of the female, with a shining brown

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marked by a single broad pale stripe near the middle. The species closely resembles '' Scotinella redemptus'' but is smaller. Some

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schemes place the species in the

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Corinnidae Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now very much sm ...

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Phrurolithidae Spiders of the United States Spiders described in 1957 Greensburg, Louisiana {{Araneomorphae-stub

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