Nemoscolus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]

Nemoscolus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Nemoscolus
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
N. laurae
(Simon, 1868)
Species

15, see text

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains fifteen species, all found in Africa except for N. laurae, found in the western Mediterranean:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Nemoscolus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.