Scopocira

Scopocira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Scopocira
Simon, 1900[1]
Type species
Scopocira dentichelis
Simon, 1900[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity[1]
15 species

Scopocira is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), found in the Caribbean, Central and South America.[1]

Species

As of April 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Scopocira abaporu Costa & Ruiz, 2014 – Trinidad, Bolivia
  • Scopocira albertoi Galvis, 2015 – Colombia
  • Scopocira bicornia Costa & Ruiz, 2014 – Brazil
  • Scopocira carinata Crane, 1945 – Guyana, Trinidad, Tobago, Brazil
  • Scopocira cepa Costa & Ruiz, 2014 – Brazil
  • Scopocira crotalica Costa & Ruiz, 2014 – Colombia, Brazil
  • Scopocira cyrili Costa & Ruiz, 2014 – Guyana, French Guiana
  • Scopocira dentichelis Simon, 1900 (type species) – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Brazil
  • Scopocira fuscimana (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Brazil
  • Scopocira histrio Simon, 1900 – Ecuador, Suriname, Brazil, Argentina
  • Scopocira kunai Costa & Ruiz, 2014 – Trinidad, Brazil
  • Scopocira melanops (Taczanowski, 1871) – Brazil
  • Scopocira pterodactyla Costa & Ruiz, 2014 – Brazil
  • Scopocira sciosciae Costa & Ruiz, 2014 – Brazil
  • Scopocira tenella Simon, 1900 – Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil

Scopocira atypica Mello-Leitão, 1922 is regarded as a doubtful name (nomen dubium).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Gen. Scopocira Simon, 1900", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-22


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