Nemoscolus

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Nemoscolus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Nemoscolus
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species

(Simon, 1868)
Species

15, see text

Nemoscolus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]

Species[]

As of April 2019 it contains fifteen species, all found in Africa except for N. laurae, found in the western Mediterranean:[1]

  • Lessert, 1933 – Congo
  • Strand, 1906 – West Africa
  • Lessert, 1933 – Mozambique
  • Lawrence, 1947 – South Africa
  • Caporiacco, 1947 – Uganda
  • Simon, 1907 – Guinea-Bissau
  • (Simon, 1868) – Western Mediterranean
  • Caporiacco, 1936 – Libya
  • Simon, 1897 – South Africa
  • Roewer, 1961 – Senegal
  • Denis, 1966 – Libya
  • (Simon, 1887) – South Africa
  • Berland, 1933 – Mali
  • Simon, 1897 – South Africa
  • Berland, 1920 – Madagascar

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Nemoscolus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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