Scalidognathus
| Scalidognathus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Scalidognathus Karsch, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. radialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) | |
| Species | |
|
6, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Scalidognathus is a genus of Asian armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1892.[3] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.[2]
Species
[edit]As of May 2019[update] it contains six species:[1]
- Scalidognathus montanus (Pocock, 1900) – India
- Scalidognathus nigriaraneus Sanap & Mirza, 2011 – India
- Scalidognathus oreophilus Simon, 1892 – Sri Lanka
- Scalidognathus radialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (type) – Sri Lanka
- Scalidognathus seticeps Karsch, 1892 – Sri Lanka
- Scalidognathus tigerinus Sanap & Mirza, 2011 – India
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gen. Scalidognathus Karsch, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- 1 2 Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 167.
- ↑ Karsch, F. (1892). "Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 36: 267–310.