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Species Scopoides catharius

Voucher Specimen - Scopoides catharius - male Voucher Specimen - Scopoides catharius - male Voucher Specimen - Scopoides catharius - male Voucher Specimen - Scopoides catharius - male Voucher Specimen - Scopoides catharius - male
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
Size
Body length of males 4.66—6.52 mm.(1)
Body length of females 5.72—7.65 mm.(1)
Identification
Voucher male:

Range
Literature reports only southern California(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).(1)
See Also
Palp and epigyne of Scopodes kastoni are similar to this species.(1)