''Silometopus elegans'' is a species of spiders in the family
Linyphiidae found in Europe.
[ It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1873, as ''Erigone elegans''.][ It was transferred to the genus '']Silometopus
''Silometopus'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1926.
Species
it contains eighteen species, found in Asia and Europe:
*'' Silometopus acutus'' Holm, 1977 – Sweden, Poland, Russia (Europe)
*'' Si ...
'' by Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
in 1884.[Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Paris 5, 180-885]
See also
* List of Linyphiidae species
* Biota of the Isle of Man
This is a list of the known wild biota of the Isle of Man.
Non-native species are marked *, extinct species are marked †. If this status is uncertain the species is also marked ?.
Each listing follows the following format: English name (where ...
* List of arachnids of Ireland
References
Linyphiidae
Spiders described in 1873
Spiders of Europe
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