Linyphiidae: Scotinotylus Simon, 1884

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 Male prosoma with semispherical cephalic lobe, dorsal line uniformly descending; cymbium with broad tubercle; epigyne with narrow scapus

Scotinotylus clavatus (Schenkel, 1927)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1970)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Thaler 1970)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1970)
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female Epigyne/vulva, posterior view
(Thaler 1970)

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female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Thaler 1970)

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Prosoma, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
- Male prosoma different; epigyne without scapus

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 Male prosoma saddle-like depressed, shallow cephalic lobe with one pair of robust, forward-directed bristles; pedipalp tibia with large hook-shaped apophysis; epigynal area ca. as long as wide; epigynal pocket not bordered anteriorly; female prosoma as fig. (below)

Scotinotylus antennatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
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male Pedipalp
(Thaler 1970)

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male Pedipalp
(Pesarini unpubl.)

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male Pedipalp
(Thaler 1970)
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female Vulva
(Thaler 1970)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler 1970)

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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Thaler 1970)
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Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1970)
- Male prosoma different; epigynal area wider than long

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 Male prosoma with concave clypeus; pedipalp tibia with 2 apophyses, perpendicular; epigynal pocket ca. as long as wide; female prosoma as fig. (below)

Scotinotylus alpigena (L. Koch, 1869)
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male Pedipalp
(Thaler 1970)

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male Pedipalp
(Thaler 1970)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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female Vulva, ventral view
(Thaler 1970)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler 1970)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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female Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1970)
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 Male prosoma with convex clypeus; pedipalp tibia with a hook-shaped apophysis; epigynal pocket wider than long; female prosoma as fig. (below)

Scotinotylus evansi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894)
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male Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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male Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Thaler 1970)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler 1970)
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Prosoma, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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1. Scotinotylus sacer (Crosby, 1929)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Millidge 1981a)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Millidge 1981a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Eskov & Marusik 1994)
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)

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male Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Millidge 1981a)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Eskov & Marusik 1994)
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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Millidge 1981a)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Eskov & Marusik 1994)
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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)

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female Epigyne
(Holm 1967)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Holm 1967)
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female Epigyne
(Millidge 1981a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Millidge 1981a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Eskov & Marusik 1994)
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female Epigyne
(Eskov & Marusik 1994)

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female Epigyne
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Millidge 1981a)
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female Vulva
(Eskov & Marusik 1994)

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2. Scotinotylus venetus (Thorell, 1875)
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3. Scotinotylus vettonicus Barrientos & Hernández-Corral, 2020
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male Pedipalp, antero-frontal view
(Barrientos et al. 2020b)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2020b)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2020b)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2020b)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Barrientos et al. 2020b)

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male Pedipalp, dorso-retrolateral view
(Déjean & Danflous 2021)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Déjean & Danflous 2021)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Déjean & Danflous 2021)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Déjean & Danflous 2021)
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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2020b)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Déjean & Danflous 2021)

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male Habitus, frontal view
(Barrientos et al. 2020b)
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female Epigyne
(Barrientos et al. 2020b)

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female Epigyne
(Déjean & Danflous 2021)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Déjean & Danflous 2021)
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female Epigyne
(Déjean & Danflous 2021)

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female Vulva
(Barrientos et al. 2020b)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Déjean & Danflous 2021)
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female Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Déjean 2022b)