Scylaceus is a genus of North American sheet weavers that was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1938.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Canada and the United States: S. pallidus and S. selma.[1]

Scylaceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Scylaceus
Bishop & Crosby, 1938[1]
Type species
S. pallidus
(Emerton, 1882)
Species

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Scylaceus Bishop & Crosby, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. ^ Bishop, S. C.; Crosby, C. R. (1938). "Studies in American spiders: Miscellaneous genera of Erigoneae, Part II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 46: 55–107.