Sauron (spider)

Sauron is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by K. Y. Eskov & Y. M. Marusik in 1995.[2] They reach a body length of 1.25 to 2 millimetres (0.049 to 0.079 in). The genus name is derived from Sauron, a character in the books of J. R. R. Tolkien.[2]

Sauron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Sauron
Eskov, 1995[1]
Type species
S. fissocornis
Eskov, 1995
Species
  • S. fissocornis Eskov, 1995 – Russia, Kazakhstan
  • S. rayi (Simon, 1881) – Europe

Species

As of May 2019 it contains only two species, S. fissocornis and S. rayi.[1] S. fissocornis was described from individuals collected in the Saur Mountains of Kazakhstan. S. rayi was originally described by Eugène Simon in 1881 as Erigone rayi, and occurs throughout Central and Eastern Europe from France to Russia.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Sauron Eskov, 1995". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. Eskov, K. Y.; Marusik, Y. M. (1995). "On the spiders from Saur Mt. range, eastern Kazakhstan (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4 (1994): 55–94.
  3. Nentwig, W.; et al. "Sauron rayi (Simon, 1881)". Spiders of Europe. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  4. Milasowszky, Norbert; Hepner, Martin (2014). "First record of Sauron rayi (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Austria". Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 48: 1–7. doi:10.5431/aramit4801.


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