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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Scotargus  Simon, 1913   2 species

Scotargus pilosus  Simon, 1913

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012549

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Description
Male

Embolus large, describing a semi-circle, tip curved. Prosoma and legs yellowish orange. Opisthosoma pale grey.

Body length male: 2.7-3.1 mm
Female

Epigyne with convoluted scapus and broad epigynal plate. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 2.3-3.8 mm
Additional information

in submountainous forests, partly microcavernicolous and in caves

Frequency: Very rarely found

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2022): Europe, Algeria, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Nepal
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(van Helsdingen 1973)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(van Helsdingen 1973)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 2006a)

species

male Pedipalp with Tibia, dorsal view
(Moritz 1973)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Moritz 1973)

species

male Tip of embolus, ventral view
(Bosmans 2006a)

species

male Embolic division, mesal view
(Bosmans 2006a)

species

male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans 2006a)

species

female Epigyne
(van Helsdingen 1973)

species

female Epigyne, lateral view
(van Helsdingen 1973)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 2006a)

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female Epigyne, dorsal view
(Bosmans 2006a)

species

female Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans 2006a)

Distribution List
Algeria   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Austria   (no references) ||| Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Czechia   (no references) ||| France   (no references) ||| Germany   (no references) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Liechtenstein   (no references) ||| Montenegro   (no references) ||| North Macedonia   (no references) ||| Poland   (no references) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Serbia   (no references) ||| Slovakia   (no references) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Switzerland   (no references) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Bosmans R (2006a) Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XI. Miscellaneous linyphiid genera and additions (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 141: 125-161 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Helsdingen P J van (1973) On the affinity of the genus Scotargus Simon (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 2: 189-192 pdf

Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 pdf

Moritz M (1973) Neue und seltene Spinnen (Araneae) und Weberknechte (Opiliones) aus der DDR. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (N.F.) 20: 173-220 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337 pdf

WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.07.2022) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
16-12-2019 Image insert
18-02-2014 Datasheet update Detail
18-02-2014 Image insert
01-12-2013 Distribution update Detail
15-10-2013 Distribution update Detail