Scolecura is a genus of South American sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge in 1991.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Scolecura Millidge, 1991[1] |
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| S. cognata Millidge, 1991
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Species edit
As of May 2019[update] it contains four species, found in Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil:[1]
- Scolecura cambara Rodrigues, 2005 – Brazil
- Scolecura cognata Millidge, 1991 (type) – Colombia
- Scolecura parilis Millidge, 1991 – Brazil, Argentina
- Scolecura propinqua Millidge, 1991 – Argentina
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Scolecura Millidge, 1991". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ Millidge, A. F. (1991). "Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 205: 1–199.