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Scopoides catharius
Species
Scopoides catharius
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class
Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order
Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder
Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon
(Entelegynae)
Family
Gnaphosidae (Ground Spiders)
Genus
Scopoides
Species
catharius
(Scopoides catharius)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the
World Spider Catalog
.
Size
Body length of males 4.66—6.52 mm.
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1
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Body length of females 5.72—7.65 mm.
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1
)
Identification
Voucher male:
Range
Literature reports only southern California
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1
)
; and the SCAN Database
(
2
)
adds a few records from Pima, Arizona.
Food
W. R. Icenogle reported seeing this species feed on other spiders (araneophagic).
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1
)
See Also
Palp and epigyne of
Scopodes kastoni
are similar to this species.
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1
)
Works Cited
1.
A revision of the spider genera Rachodrassus, Sosticus, and Scopodes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America
Norman Platnick & Mohammad Shadab. 1976. American Museum Novitates 2594: 1-33.
2.
Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN)
Contributed by
Mandy Howe
on 16 June, 2016 - 9:36pm
Last updated 16 June, 2016 - 10:52pm