Sciastes

Sciastes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1938.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains seven species, found in Europe and Russia:^[1]

• Sciastes carli (Lessert, 1907) – France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria
• Sciastes dubius (Hackman, 1954) – Russia, Canada, USA
• Sciastes extremus Holm, 1967 – Canada, Greenland
• Sciastes hastatus Millidge, 1984 – USA, Canada
• Sciastes mentasta (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) – Canada, USA (Alaska)
• Sciastes tenna Chamberlin, 1949 – USA
• Sciastes truncatus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA, Canada

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

References