Scotina

Scotina is a genus of sac spiders of the family Liocranidae which was named by the German zoologist Franz Anton Menge in 1873 with Scotina gracilipes as the type species.[1] Scotina was thought to be a mainly Western Palearctic genus but one species, Scotina palliardi was found in Korea in 2011.[2] The species in the genus Scotina are small spiders which have six to ten pairs of ventral spines which can be seen using a lens. They have a darker and shinier cephalothorax than in other genera within the Liocranidae. They also have light brown femora with the more distal segments of the legs are darker, especially on the first pairs.[3] They are terrestrial spiders which are mainly found among moss and litter on the ground.[3]

Scotina
Scotina celans figure 103, Scotina gracilipes figure 104.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Liocranidae
Genus:	Scotina Menge, 1873
Type species
Scotina gracilipes (Blackwall, 1859)

Species

Four species are currently listed as valid in the World Spider Catalog.[1]

• Scotina celans (Blackwall, 1841) – Europe, Algeria, Russia[4]
• Scotina gracilipes (Blackwall, 1859) – Europe[5]
• Scotina occulta Kritscher, 1996 – Malta[6]

• Scotina palliardii (L. Koch, 1881) – Europe, Russia, Korea[7]

References

1. "Gen. Scotina Menge, 1873". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
2. Bo Keun Seo (2011). "Description of three liocranid spider species from Korea (Araneae: Liocranidae)". Entomological Research. 41 (3): 98–102. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5967.2011.00326.x. Abstract.
3. "The Spiders of Europe and Greenland". Jørgen Lissner. 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
4. "Summary for Scotina celans (Araneae)".
5. "Summary for Scotina gracilipes (Araneae)".
6. "Summary for Scotina occulta".
7. "Summary for Scotina palliardii (Araneae)".