Scotinella similis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corinnoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Corinnoidea

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Phrurolithinae
Genus: Scotinella
Species: Scotinella similis

Name

Scotinella similis (Banks, 1895)

Type locality: Sea Cliff, Nassau Co., New York, USA.

Syntypes: MCZ. and AMNH. males ♂ and female ♀.

Synonymy

• Phrurolithus similis Banks, 1895: 81 (synonymized by Platnick & Chamé-Vázquez, 2024: 320)
• Scotinella similis (Banks): Platnick & Chamé-Vázquez, 2024: 334
• Phrurolithus delicatulus Gertsch, 1935: 2. (synonymized by Gertsch, 1941: 1)
  • Type locality: Montvale Springs, Blount Co., Tennessee, USA
    • Holotype: AMNH. male ♂.

References

Primary references

• Muma, M.H. 1945. New and interesting spiders from Maryland. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 91-104. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gertsch, W.J. 1935a: New American spiders with notes on other species. American Museum Novitates 805: 1-24. Reference page. 
• Platnick, N.I. & Chamé-Vázquez, D. 2024. The Guardstone Spiders of the genus Scotinella (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) in the Southeastern United States. Zootaxa 5428(3): 301–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.3.1. . Reference page.