Scopoides

Scopoides; Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Scopoides; Platnick, 1989
Type species
	S. catharius; (Chamberlin, 1922)
Species
	15, see text

Scopoides is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989, found in Mexico and the United States.

Two of the Chinese species originally part of this genus were moved to the newly described genus Platnickus in 2023, while the third was moved to genus Allozelotes.

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes twelve species:

Scopoides asceticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – Mexico
Scopoides bryantae (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides cambridgei (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides catharius (Chamberlin, 1922) – United States (type species)
Scopoides gertschi (Platnick, 1978) – United States
Scopoides kastoni (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides naturalisticus (Chamberlin, 1924) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides nesiotes (Chamberlin, 1924) – United States, Mexico
Scopoides ochraceus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Mexico
Scopoides rostratus (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
Scopoides santiago (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico
Scopoides tlacolula (Platnick & Shadab, 1976) – Mexico

References

1 2 "Gen. Scopoides Platnick, 1989". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
↑ Platnick, N. I. (1989). "Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981". Journal of Arid Environments. 17 (3): 358. Bibcode:1989JArEn..17..358P. doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30893-0.
↑ Liu, B. (2023). "Revision of the genus Scopoides Platnick, 1989 from China, with description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". ZooKeys (1172): 203–215. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1172.105034. PMC 10398562.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Scopoides Platnick, 1989". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-20.

[Plat1989-2] Platnick, N. I. (1989). "Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981". Journal of Arid Environments. 17 (3): 358. Bibcode:1989JArEn..17..358P. doi:10.1016/S0140-1963(18)30893-0.

[liu2023-3] Liu, B. (2023). "Revision of the genus Scopoides Platnick, 1989 from China, with description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". ZooKeys (1172): 203–215. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1172.105034. PMC 10398562.