Scotophaeus

Scotophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.

Species

, this genus includes 61 species and two subspecies:

• Scotophaeus aculeatus <small>Simon, 1914</small> – France
• Scotophaeus affinis <small>Caporiacco, 1949</small> – Kenya
• Scotophaeus afghanicus <small>Roewer, 1961</small> – Afghanistan
• Scotophaeus anahita <small>Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021</small> – Iran
• Scotophaeus arboricola <small>, 1965</small> – Ivory Coast
• Scotophaeus bharatae <small>Gajbe, 1989</small> – India
• Scotophaeus bifidus <small>Schmidt & Krause, 1994</small> – Cape Verde
• Scotophaeus blackwalli <small>(Thorell, 1871)</small> – Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran. Introduced to North America, Peru, Hawaii
• Scotophaeus blackwalli isabellinus <small>(Simon, 1873)</small> – France (Corsica), Italy, Croatia
• Scotophaeus blackwalli politus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – France
• Scotophaeus brolemanni <small>Simon, 1914</small> – France
• Scotophaeus cecileae <small>Barrion & , 1995</small> – Philippines
• Scotophaeus correntinus <small>Mello-Leitão, 1945</small> – Argentina
• Scotophaeus crinitus <small>Jézéquel, 1965</small> – Ivory Coast
• Scotophaeus dolanskyi <small>Lissner, 2017</small> – Portugal, Spain, Morocco
• Scotophaeus domesticus <small>Tikader, 1962</small> – India
• Scotophaeus elburzensis <small>Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021</small> – Iran
• Scotophaeus fabrisae <small>Caporiacco, 1950</small> – Italy
• Scotophaeus faisalabadiensis <small>Ghafoor & Beg, 2002</small> – Pakistan
• Scotophaeus goaensis <small>(Tikader, 1982)</small> – India
• Scotophaeus gridellii <small>Caporiacco, 1928</small> – Canary Islands
• Scotophaeus hierro <small>Schmidt, 1977</small> – Canary Islands
• Scotophaeus hunan <small>Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003</small> – China, Japan
• Scotophaeus insularis <small>Berland, 1936</small> – Cape Verde, Greece
• Scotophaeus jacksoni <small>Berland, 1936</small> – Cape Verde
• Scotophaeus jinlin <small>Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004</small> – China
• Scotophaeus kalimpongensis <small>Gajbe, 1992</small> – India
• Scotophaeus lamperti <small>Strand, 1906</small> – Namibia
• Scotophaeus lindbergi <small>Roewer, 1961</small> – Afghanistan
• Scotophaeus madalasae <small>Tikader & Gajbe, 1977</small> – India
• Scotophaeus marleyi <small>, 1923</small> – South Africa
• Scotophaeus mauckneri <small>Schmidt, 1956</small> – Canary Islands
• Scotophaeus merkaricola <small>Strand, 1907</small> – India
• Scotophaeus meruensis <small>Tullgren, 1910</small> – East Africa
• Scotophaeus microdon <small>Caporiacco, 1933</small> – Libya
• Scotophaeus musculus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – Salvages, Madeira, France
• Scotophaeus nanoides <small>Wunderlich, 2011</small> – Portugal, Spain, Morocco
• Scotophaeus nanus <small>Wunderlich, 1995</small> – Switzerland, Austria
• Scotophaeus natalensis <small>Lawrence, 1938</small> – Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Scotophaeus nigrosegmentatus <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> – Pakistan (Karakorum), Mongolia
• Scotophaeus nyrensis <small>Simon, 1909</small> – East Africa
• Scotophaeus peninsularis <small>Roewer, 1928</small> – Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Cyprus, Israel
• Scotophaeus poonaensis <small>Tikader, 1982</small> – India
• Scotophaeus pregoensis <small>Wunderlich, 2023</small> – Portugal
• Scotophaeus pretiosus <small>(L. Koch, 1873)</small> – New Zealand
• Scotophaeus purcelli <small>Tucker, 1923</small> – South Africa
• Scotophaeus quadripunctatus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> – Europe, Russia (Caucasus) (type species)
• Scotophaeus rajasthanus <small>Tikader, 1966</small> – India
• Scotophaeus rebellatus <small>(Simon, 1880)</small> – China
• Scotophaeus regularis <small>Tullgren, 1910</small> – East Africa
• Scotophaeus relegatus <small>Purcell, 1907</small> – Namibia, South Africa
• Scotophaeus retusus <small>(Simon, 1878)</small> – France
• Scotophaeus rufescens <small>(Kroneberg, 1875)</small> – Central Asia
• Scotophaeus schenkeli <small>Caporiacco, 1949</small> – Kenya
• Scotophaeus scutulatus <small>(L. Koch, 1866)</small> – Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Central Asia
• Scotophaeus semitectus <small>(Simon, 1886)</small> – Senegal
• Scotophaeus simlaensis <small>Tikader, 1982</small> – India, China
• Scotophaeus strandi <small>Caporiacco, 1940</small> – Ethiopia
• Scotophaeus tubicola <small>Schmidt, 1990</small> – Canary Islands
• Scotophaeus typhlus <small>Schmidt & Piepho, 1994</small> – Cape Verde Is.
• Scotophaeus validus <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small> – Southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
• Scotophaeus westringi <small>Simon, 1914</small> – France
• Scotophaeus xizang <small>Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003</small> – India, China

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