Sisicottus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1938.[2] They can be found in moss and litter of conifer forests.[3]
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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: | Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 1938[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. montanus (Emerton, 1882)
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Species edit
As of May 2019[update] it contains nine species, found in Russia, the United States, Canada and on the Kuril Islands:[1]
- Sisicottus aenigmaticus Miller, 1999 – USA
- Sisicottus crossoclavis Miller, 1999 – USA, Canada
- Sisicottus cynthiae Miller, 1999 – USA
- Sisicottus montanus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA, Canada
- Sisicottus montigena Bishop & Crosby, 1938 – USA
- Sisicottus nesides (Chamberlin, 1921) – USA, Canada
- Sisicottus orites (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA, Canada
- Sisicottus panopeus Miller, 1999 – USA, Canada, Russia (Kurile Is.)
- Sisicottus quoylei Miller, 1999 – USA, Canada
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Sisicottus Bishop & Crosby, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ Bishop, S. C.; Crosby, C. R. (1938). "Studies in American spiders: Miscellaneous genera of Erigoneae, Part II". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 46: 55–107.
- ^ "Genus Sisicottus". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-23.