''Sphecozone'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of sheet weavers that was first described by

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bl ...

in 1871.

Species

it contains thirty-four species, found in South America, the United States, and on the Trinidad: *''Sphecozone altehabitans'' (Eugen von Keyserling, Keyserling, 1886) – Peru *''Sphecozone alticeps'' A. F. Millidge, Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *''Sphecozone araeonciformis'' (Eugène Simon, Simon, 1895) – Argentina *''Sphecozone bicolor'' (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina *''Sphecozone capitata'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *''Sphecozone castanea'' (Millidge, 1991) – Brazil *''Sphecozone corniculans'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *''Sphecozone cornuta'' Millidge, 1991 – Argentina *''Sphecozone crassa'' (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia, Brazil *''Sphecozone crinita'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *''Sphecozone diversicolor'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina *''Sphecozone fastibilis'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina *''Sphecozone formosa'' (Millidge, 1991) – Ecuador *''Sphecozone gravis'' (Millidge, 1991) – Bolivia *''Sphecozone ignigena'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina *''Sphecozone labiata'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil *''Sphecozone lobata'' Millidge, 1991 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) *''Sphecozone longipes'' (Embrik Strand, Strand, 1908) – Peru *''Sphecozone magnipalpis'' Millidge, 1993 – USA *''Sphecozone melanocephala'' (Millidge, 1991) – Brazil *''Sphecozone modesta'' (Nicolet, 1849) – Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina *''Sphecozone modica'' Millidge, 1991 – Argentina *''Sphecozone nigripes'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *''Sphecozone nitens'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador, Peru *''Sphecozone niwina'' (Ralph Vary Chamberlin, Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru, Bolivia, Chile *''Sphecozone novaeteutoniae'' (Baert, 1987) – Brazil *''Sphecozone personata'' (Simon, 1894) – Brazil *''Sphecozone rostrata'' Millidge, 1991 – Brazil *''Sphecozone rubescens'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Type_species, type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina *''Sphecozone rubicunda'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru *''Sphecozone spadicaria'' (Simon, 1894) – Colombia, Trinidad, Venezuela *''Sphecozone tumidosa'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina *''Sphecozone varia'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *''Sphecozone venialis'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Argentina

References

Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of North America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

See also

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