Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0054] Detail
Gen. Scotophaeus Simon, 1893 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02474] Detail
type Aranea quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1758; gender masculine
N.B.: not a junior synonym of Herpyllus Hentz, 1832 (Platnick & Shadab, 1977b: 3).
Transferred to other genera:
Scotophaeus asiaticus Charitonov, 1946 -- see Asiabadus
Scotophaeus blepharotrichus Strand, 1915 -- see Urozelotes
Scotophaeus chohanius Patel & Patel, 1975 -- see Marinarozelotes
Scotophaeus cultior Kulczyński, 1899 -- see Macarophaeus
Scotophaeus dispulsus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) -- see Drassodes
Scotophaeus guatemalensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 -- see Apodrassodes
Scotophaeus himalayaensis Hu, 2001 -- see Xizangiana
Scotophaeus invisus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) -- see Drassodes
Scotophaeus leoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 -- see Systaria
Scotophaeus loricatus (L. Koch, 1866) -- see Sosticus
Scotophaeus mundulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) -- see Odontodrassus
Scotophaeus pictus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 -- see Herpyllus
Scotophaeus quilpuensis Simon, 1902 -- see Apodrassodes
Scotophaeus scrutatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) -- see Zelotes
Scotophaeus senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) -- see Poecilochroa
Scotophaeus striatus Kishida, 1932 -- see Drassodes
Scotophaeus varius Simon, 1893 -- see Macarophaeus
Scotophaeus voluntarius Chamberlin, 1920 -- see Nodocion
Scotophaeus vulpinus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) -- see Megamyrmaekion
Scotophaeus walteri Roewer, 1928 -- see Haplodrassus
Scotophaeus yunnanensis Schenkel, 1963 -- see Odontodrassus
In synonymy:
Scotophaeus californicus (Banks, 1904, T from Drassodes) = Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871) (Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 4, sub Herpyllus).
Scotophaeus mingcaii Yin, Zhang & Bao, 2003 = Scotophaeus hunan Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 (Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004: 211).
Scotophaeus pius (Chamberlin, 1919) = Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871) (Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 4, sub Herpyllus).
Scotophaeus simaoensis Zhang, Yin & Bao, 2003 = Scotophaeus xizang Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 (Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004: 214).
Scotophaeus subcorticis Levy, 1999 = Scotophaeus peninsularis Roewer, 1928 (Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2002b: 620).
Scotophaeus torretrencada Wunderlich, 2017 = Scotophaeus validus (Lucas, 1846) (Barrientos & Febrer, 2018: 47).
Scotophaeus voigti (Bösenberg, 1899, T from Drassodes) = Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871) (Breitling et al., 2015: 70).
Nomina dubia:
Scotophaeus bersebaensis Strand, 1915b: 90 (f, Namibia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24.
Scotophaeus nossibeensis Strand, 1907d: 727, Strand, 1907o: 17 (f, Madagascar) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24.
Scotophaeus parvioculis Strand, 1906b: 611 (f, Ethiopia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24.
Scotophaeus aculeatus Simon, 1914 | f | France     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027847]
Scotophaeus aculeatus Simon, 1914: 149, 212, f. 271 (Df).
Scotophaeus affinis Caporiacco, 1949 | f | Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027848]
Scotophaeus affinis Caporiacco, 1949a: 429, f. 66 (Df).
Scotophaeus afghanicus Roewer, 1961 | f | Afghanistan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027849]
Scotophaeus afghanicus Roewer, 1961c: 23, f. 38-39, 74 (Df).
Scotophaeus anahita Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 | f | Iran     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053236]
Scotophaeus anahita Zamani et al., 2021a: 98, f. 19A-C, G-H (Df).
Scotophaeus arboricola Jézéquel, 1965 | f | Ivory Coast     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027850]
Scotophaeus arboricola Jézéquel, 1965: 303, f. 14 (Df).
Scotophaeus bharatae Gajbe, 1989 | m f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027852]
Scotophaeus bharatae Gajbe, 1989: 557, f. 1-8 (Dmf).
Scotophaeus bifidus Schmidt & Krause, 1994 | m | Cape Verde Is.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027853]
Scotophaeus bifidus Schmidt & Krause, 1994c: 6, f. 1-2 (Dm).
Scotophaeus blackwalli (Thorell, 1871) | m f | Europe, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran. Introduced to North America, Peru, Hawaii     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027854]
Drassus sericeus Blackwall, 1861a: 111, pl. 6, f. 67 (f, misidentified).
Drassus blackwallii Thorell, 1871a: 179 (Df).
Drassus gotlandicus Thorell, 1871a: 180 (Df).
Drassus ravidus Pavesi, 1873a: 119, f. 2 (Dm).
Drassus gotlandicus Menge, 1875: 378, pl. 65, f. 215 (f, Dm).
Drassus blackwalli Simon, 1878a: 148 (m).
Drassus furtadoi Simon, 1883: 275, pl. 8, f. 8-9 (Dmf).
Drassus blackwalli Becker, 1896: 259, pl. 16, f. 26 (mf).
Drassus immundus Kulczyński, in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 213, pl. 8, f. 46 (Df).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Kulczyński, 1898: 55.
Drassus voigtii Bösenberg, 1899: 117, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027024].
Drassus voigti Bösenberg, 1902: 300, pl. 28, f. 444 (f).
Drassus blackwalli Bösenberg, 1902: 298, pl. 28, f. 438 (mf).
Drassodes californica Banks, 1904b: 338, pl. 39, f. 28 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057944].
Drassodes blackwalli Lessert, 1910b: 56, f. 49-50 (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Simon, 1914: 147, 150, 212, f. 266, 275 (mf).
Scotophaeus furtadoi Reimoser, 1919: 204.
Herpyllus pius Chamberlin, 1919b: 6, pl. 2, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057945].
Scotophaeus blackwalli Reimoser, 1937a: 22, f. 51 (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Tullgren, 1946: 110, f. 32C, pl. 18, f. 231-233 (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Schenkel, 1950b: 38, f. 5a-b (m).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Locket & Millidge, 1951: 104, f. 50f, 55A, C (mf).
Herpyllus blackwalli Brændegaard, 1966: 105, f. 90-91 (mf).
Herpyllus blackwalli Ubick & Roth, 1973a: 4 (S of Drassodes californicus and Herpyllus pius).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Platnick & Shadab, 1977b: 41, f. 123-129 (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Grimm, 1985: 172, f. 18a, 199-200, 202 (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Roberts, 1985: 70, f. 25b (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 438, f. 1154 (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Platnick & Dondale, 1992: 278, f. 441-444 (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Noordam, 1992: 8 (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Roberts, 1995: 108, f. (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Roberts, 1998: 112, f. (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Levy, 1999d: 438, f. 19-23 (f; not m, = S. peninsularis).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Hu, 2001: 271, f. 155.6-7 (m).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Almquist, 2007: 419, f. 360a-h (mf).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Lecigne, 2013: 186, f. 4E-F (m).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Breitling et al., 2015: 70, f. 1 (f, S of Drassodes voigti, per Grimm, 1985: 172).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Lecigne, 2016d: 22, f. 11C (f).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Lecigne, 2021a: 32, f. 48 (f).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Alioua & Bosmans, 2024: 509, f. 5a-c (f).
Scotophaeus blackwalli Benhacene et al., 2024: 495, f. 6D (f).
Scotophaeus blackwalli isabellinus (Simon, 1873) | m f | France (Corsica), Italy, Croatia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027855]
Drassus isabellinus Simon, 1873a: 164 (Dm).
Drassus isabellinus Simon, 1878a: 150 (Df).
Scotophaeus isabellinus Lessert, 1904: 286, pl. 5, f. 6.
Scotophaeus blackwalli isabellinus Simon, 1914: 150, 212.
Scotophaeus blackwalli politus (Simon, 1878) | f | France     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027856]
Drassus politus Simon, 1878a: 142, pl. 14, f. 5 (Df).
Scotophaeus blackwalli politus Simon, 1914: 150, 212.
Scotophaeus brolemanni Simon, 1914 | f | France     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027857]
Scotophaeus brolemanni Simon, 1914: 146, 211, f. 261 (Df).
Scotophaeus cecileae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | m | Philippines     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027858]
Scotophaeus cecileae Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 197, f. 115a-f (Dm).
Scotophaeus correntinus Mello-Leitão, 1945 | f | Argentina     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027859]
Scotophaeus correntinus Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 258, f. 43 (Df).
Scotophaeus crinitus Jézéquel, 1965 | m | Ivory Coast     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027860]
Scotophaeus crinitus Jézéquel, 1965: 302, f. 13a-b (Dm).
Scotophaeus dolanskyi Lissner, 2017 | m f | Portugal, Spain     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049525]
Scotophaeus dolanskyi Lissner, 2017b: 53, f. 3, 4a-c, 5a-d (Dm).
Scotophaeus dolanskyi Barrientos et al., 2022: 39, f. 7A-D (m, Df).
Scotophaeus domesticus Tikader, 1962 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027863]
Scotophaeus domesticus Tikader, 1962e: 570, f. 1a-c (Df).
Scotophaeus domesticus Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 67, f. 115-117 (f).
Scotophaeus domesticus Tikader, 1982b: 378, f. 195-197 (f).
Scotophaeus elburzensis Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 | f | Iran     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053237]
Scotophaeus elburzensis Zamani et al., 2021a: 100, f. 19D-F, I, 20A-C (Df).
Scotophaeus fabrisae Caporiacco, 1950 | f | Italy     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027864]
Scotophaeus fabrisae Caporiacco, 1950a: 12, f. 1 (Df).
Scotophaeus faisalabadiensis Ghafoor & Beg, 2002 | m f | Pakistan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040623]
Scotophaeus faisalabadiensis Ghafoor & Beg, 2002b: 529, f. 2A-D (Dmf).
Scotophaeus goaensis (Tikader, 1982) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027407]
Herpyllus goaensis Tikader, 1982b: 460, f. 372-376 (Df).
Herpyllus goaensis Gajbe, 2007: 478, f. 162-166 (f).
Scotophaeus goaensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2021b: 2843, f. 3a-c (f, T from Herpyllus).
Scotophaeus goaensis Zehbi & Yousuf, 2023: 414, f. 3A-C (f).
Scotophaeus gridellii Caporiacco, 1928 | m f | Canary Is.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027865]
Scotophaeus gridellii Caporiacco, 1928a: 240 (Dmf).
Scotophaeus hierro Schmidt, 1977 | m | Canary Is.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027866]
Scotophaeus hierro Schmidt, 1977: 57, f. 4 (Dm).
Scotophaeus hunan Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 | m f | China, Japan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039004]
Scotophaeus hunan Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003: 71, f. 2A-E (Dmf).
Scotophaeus mingcaii Yin, Zhang & Bao, in Zhang, Yin & Bao, 2003: 638, f. 7-11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039005].
Scotophaeus hunan Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004: 211, f. 125A-E (mf, S of Scotophaeus mingcaii).
Scotophaeus hunan Yin et al., 2012: 1198, f. 639a-f (mf).
Scotophaeus hunan Kamura, 2014: 63, f. 1-4 (f).
Scotophaeus insularis Berland, 1936 | m f | Cape Verde, Greece     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027867]
Scotophaeus insularis Berland, 1936: 75, f. 14-16 (Dm).
Scotophaeus insularis Schmidt, Geisthardt & Piepho, 1994: 101, f. 13 (Df).
Scotophaeus jacksoni Berland, 1936 | m | Cape Verde Is.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027869]
Scotophaeus jacksoni Berland, 1936: 74, f. 12-13 (Dm).
Scotophaeus jinlin Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 | f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040624]
Scotophaeus domesticus Hu & Li, 1987b: 304, f. 33.1-2 (f, misidentified).
Scotophaeus domesticus Hu, 2001: 270, f. 154.1-2 (f, misidentified).
Scotophaeus jinlin Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004: 213, 333, f. 126A-B (Df).
Scotophaeus kalimpongensis Gajbe, 1992 | m f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027870]
Scotophaeus kalimpongensis Gajbe, 1992a: 308, f. 16-21 (Dmf).
Scotophaeus lamperti Strand, 1906 | j | Central Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027871]
Scotophaeus lamperti Strand, 1906c: 28 (Dj).
Scotophaeus lindbergi Roewer, 1961 | f | Afghanistan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027873]
Scotophaeus lindbergi Roewer, 1961c: 24, f. 40-41, 75 (Df).
Scotophaeus madalasae Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027874]
Scotophaeus madalasae Tikader & Gajbe, 1977a: 18, f. 3A-D (Df).
Scotophaeus madalasae Tikader, 1982b: 375, f. 187-191 (f).
Scotophaeus marleyi Tucker, 1923 | f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027875]
Scotophaeus marleyi Tucker, 1923: 386, pl. 10, f. 84 (Df).
Scotophaeus marleyi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 56, 2 f. (f).
Scotophaeus mauckneri Schmidt, 1956 | f | Canary Is.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027876]
Scotophaeus mauckneri Schmidt, 1956e: 144, f. 3 (Df; N.B.: possibly regarded as Macarophaeus by Wunderlich, 2011: 49).
Scotophaeus merkaricola Strand, 1907 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027877]
Scotophaeus merkaricola Strand, 1907k: 120, f. 48 (Df).
Scotophaeus meruensis Tullgren, 1910 | f | East Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027878]
Scotophaeus meruensis Tullgren, 1910: 106, pl. 1, f. 17 (Df).
Scotophaeus microdon Caporiacco, 1933 | f | Libya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027879]
Scotophaeus microdon Caporiacco, 1933: 317, f. 3 (Df).
Scotophaeus musculus (Simon, 1878) | m f | Salvages, Madeira, France     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027880]
Drassus musculus Simon, 1878a: 152 (Df).
Scotophaeus musculus Simon, 1914: 148, 212, f. 269-270 (f, Dm).
Scotophaeus musculus Schenkel, 1938a: 4, f. 1 (m).
Herpyllus musculus Denis, 1963a: 39, f. 6 (Tf from Scotophaeus, rejected).
Scotophaeus nanoides Wunderlich, 2011 | m f | Portugal, Spain     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043973]
Scotophaeus nanoides Wunderlich, 2011: 54, f. 162-165 (Dm).
Scotophaeus nanoides Lecigne, 2017: 28, f. 14G-I, 17G-I (m).
Scotophaeus ?nanoides Wunderlich, 2023: 61, f. 130 (f).
Scotophaeus nanoides Méndez, Marquerie & Domènech, 2024: 83, f. 5A-C (f).
Scotophaeus nanus Wunderlich, 1995 | m f | Switzerland, Austria     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027881]
Scotophaeus nanus Wunderlich, 1995E: 743, f. 1-2, 6-8 (Dmf).
Scotophaeus natalensis Lawrence, 1938 | f | Zimbabwe, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027882]
Scotophaeus natalensis Lawrence, 1938a: 477, f. 13 (Df).
Scotophaeus natalensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 57, 3 f. (f).
Scotophaeus nigrosegmentatus (Simon, 1895) | m f | Mongolia, Karakorum     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027883]
Drassodes nigrosegmentatus Simon, 1895c: 332 (Dj).
Scotophaeus nigrosegmentatus Caporiacco, 1934a: 133, pl. 1, f. 11 (Dmf).
Scotophaeus nyrensis Simon, 1909 | f | East Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027885]
Scotophaeus nyrensis Simon, 1909c: 34 (Df).
Scotophaeus peninsularis Roewer, 1928 | f | Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Cyprus, Israel     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027887]
Scotophaeus peninsularis Roewer, 1928b: 108, pl. 1, f. 14 (Df).
Scotophaeus subcorticis Levy, 1999d: 440, f. 24-25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027903].
Scotophaeus blackwalli Levy, 1999d: 438, f. 20-21 (m, misidentified).
Scotophaeus peninsularis Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2002b: 620, f. 48-49 (f, S of Scotophaeus subcorticis).
Scotophaeus peninsularis Bosmans et al., 2013: 13, f. 60-63 (mf).
Scotophaeus poonaensis Tikader, 1982 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027888]
Scotophaeus poonaensis Tikader, 1982b: 380, f. 198-202 (Df).
Scotophaeus poonaensis Gajbe, 2007: 466, f. 115-119 (f).
Scotophaeus pregoensis Wunderlich, 2023 | f | Portugal     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059448]
?Scotophaeus pregoensis Wunderlich, 2023: 62, f. 131-132 (Df).
Scotophaeus pretiosus (L. Koch, 1873) | m f | New Zealand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027889]
Drassus pretiosus L. Koch, 1873: 385, pl. 30, f. 3-4 (Dmf).
Drassodes pretiosus Dalmas, 1917a: 349, f. 28 (mf).
Scotophaeus pretiosus Dalmas, 1917a: 349.
Scotophaeus pretiosus Forster, 1979: 65, f. 13, 162, 178, 270-274 (mf).
Scotophaeus purcelli Tucker, 1923 | f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027890]
Scotophaeus purcelli Tucker, 1923: 387, pl. 10, f. 85 (Df).
Scotophaeus purcelli Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 58, 2 f. (f).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758) * | m f | Europe, Russia (Caucasus)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027891]
Aranea quadripunctata Linnaeus, 1758: 622 (D).
Aranea crassipes Martini & Goeze, 1778: 291 (D).
Drassus sericeus Sundevall, 1831: 29, 1832: 136 (Dmf).
Filistata sericea Wider, 1834: 199, pl. 14, f. 3 (f).
Drassus sericeus C. L. Koch, 1839a: 37, f. 457-458 (mf).
Drassus sericeus Blackwall, 1861a: 111, pl. 6, f. 67 (f, in part).
Drassus rubrens L. Koch, 1866: 79, pl. 4, f. 55 (f, misidentified).
Drassus medius L. Koch, 1866: 82, pl. 4, f. 56 (Df).
Drassus medius Ohlert, 1867: 93 (Dm).
Drassus quadripunctatus Thorell, 1871a: 176.
Drassus quadripunctatus Menge, 1875: 376, pl. 65, f. 214 (mf).
Drassus ruber Simon, 1878a: 157 (D).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Simon, 1893a: 371, f. 326.
Drassus quadripunctatus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 213, pl. 8, f. 41, 49 (mf).
Drassus quadripunctatus Bösenberg, 1902: 293, pl. 27, f. 429 (mf).
Drassodes quadripunctatus Lessert, 1910b: 54, f. 45, 47 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Simon, 1914: 148, 150, 212, f. 267-268, 274 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Reimoser, 1937a: 22, f. 52-53 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Tullgren, 1946: 108, f. 32A, pl. 18, f. 225-227 (mf).
Herpyllus quadripunctatus Brændegaard, 1966: 107, f. 92-93 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Miller, 1971: 94, pl. VI, f. 22-23 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Platnick & Shadab, 1977b: 41, f. 119-122 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Grimm, 1985: 175, f. 203-205, 208-209 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 438, f. 1155 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Roberts, 1995: 109, f. (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Wunderlich, 1995E: 745, f. 3-4, 9-11 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Roberts, 1998: 113, f. (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Almquist, 2007: 420, f. 361a-e (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Murphy, 2007: 50, f. 374-375 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus De Koninck, 2010: 50, f. 1-2 (mf).
Scotophaeus quadripunctatus Akpınar, Varol & El-Hennawy, 2016: 42, f. 3-4 (f) [probably misident.].
Scotophaeus rajasthanus Tikader, 1966 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027892]
Scotophaeus rajasthanus Tikader, 1966e: 440, f. 2a-c (Df).
Scotophaeus rajasthanus Tikader, 1982b: 377, f. 192-194 (f).
Scotophaeus rebellatus (Simon, 1880) | m | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027893]
Drassus rebellatus Simon, 1880b: 119, pl. 3, f. 18-19 (Dm).
Scotophaeus rebellatus Simon, 1893a: 371.
Scotophaeus regularis Tullgren, 1910 | m | East Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027894]
Scotophaeus regularis Tullgren, 1910: 106, pl. 1, f. 18 (Dm).
Scotophaeus relegatus Purcell, 1907 | m | Namibia, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027895]
Scotophaeus relegatus Purcell, 1907: 312, pl. 13, f. 18 (Dm).
Scotophaeus relegatus Purcell, 1908: 235 (f, mentioned, not described).
Scotophaeus relegates Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 59, 5 f. (m, lapsus).
Scotophaeus retusus (Simon, 1878) | f | France     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027896]
Drassus retusus Simon, 1878a: 151 (Df).
Scotophaeus retusus Simon, 1914: 149, 212 (f).
Scotophaeus rufescens (Kroneberg, 1875) | f | Central Asia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027897]
Drassus rufescens Kroneberg, 1875: 20, pl. 1, f. 7 (Df).
Scotophaeus rufescens Simon, 1893a: 371.
Scotophaeus schenkeli Caporiacco, 1949 | m | Kenya     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027898]
Scotophaeus schenkeli Caporiacco, 1949a: 428, f. 65 (Dm).
Scotophaeus scutulatus (L. Koch, 1866) | m f | Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Iran, Central Asia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027899]
Drassus tibialis Hahn, 1833b: 1, pl. 25, f. B (f, nomen nudum).
Drassus scutulatus L. Koch, 1866: 93, pl. 4, f. 61-62 (Dmf).
Drassus fulvus Thorell, 1875a: 96 (Df).
Drassus fulvus Thorell, 1875c: 89 (Df).
Drassus scutulatus Hansen, 1882: 57, pl. 4, f. 4 (mf).
Drassus scutulatus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 213, pl. 8, f. 42, 48 (mf).
Drassus scutulatus Bösenberg, 1902: 293, pl. 27, f. 428 (mf).
Drassodes scutulatus Lessert, 1910b: 55, f. 46, 48 (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Simon, 1914: 147, 149, 211, f. 262-263 (mf).
Drassus scutulatus Spassky, 1925: 35, f. 5 (f).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Reimoser, 1937a: 21, f. 49-50 (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Tullgren, 1946: 109, f. 32B, pl. 18, f. 228-230 (mf).
Herpyllus scutulatus Brændegaard, 1966: 103, f. 88-89 (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Miller, 1971: 94, pl. VI, f. 18-19 (mf).
Herpyllus (S.) scutulatus Dresco & Canard, 1976: 24, f. 1-2 (f).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Grimm, 1985: 179, f. 201, 210-212 (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Harvey, 1990: 3, f. 1 (f).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 438, f. 1156 (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Noordam, 1992: 1, 2, 8 (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Roberts, 1993: 6, f. 1b (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Roberts, 1995: 109, f. (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Wunderlich, 1995E: 745, f. 5, 12 (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Roberts, 1998: 113, f. (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2002b: 619, f. 46-47 (f).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Almquist, 2007: 420, f. 362a-e (mf).
Scotophaeus scutulatus Lecigne, 2021a: 32, f. 49 (f).
Scotophaeus semitectus (Simon, 1886) | f | Senegal     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027900]
Drassus semitectus Simon, 1886g: 381 (Df).
Scotophaeus semitectus Simon, 1893a: 371.
Scotophaeus simlaensis Tikader, 1982 | m f | India, China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027901]
Scotophaeus simlaensis Tikader, 1982b: 382, f. 203-207 (Df).
Scotophaeus simlaensis Yin et al., 2012: 1200, f. 640a-g (f, Dm).
Scotophaeus strandi Caporiacco, 1940 | m | Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027902]
Scotophaeus strandi Caporiacco, 1940c: 832, f. 34 (Dm).
Scotophaeus tubicola Schmidt, 1990 | f | Canary Is.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027904]
Scotophaeus tubicola Schmidt, 1990b: 16, f. 1 (Df).
Scotophaeus typhlus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 | f | Cape Verde Is.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027905]
Scotophaeus typhlus Schmidt & Piepho, in Schmidt, Geisthardt & Piepho, 1994: 100 (Df).
Scotophaeus validus (Lucas, 1846) | m f | Southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027906]
Drassus validus Lucas, 1846: 213, pl. 12, f. 10 (Df).
Macaria valida Simon, 1864: 113.
Drassus viator L. Koch, 1866: 84, pl. 4, f. 57 (Df).
Drassus brevipes Thorell, 1875c: 93 (Df).
Scotophaeus validus Simon, 1914: 147, 149, 211, f. 264-265, 273 (f, Dm).
Scotophaeus sp. (torretrencada?) Barrientos & Febrer, 2017: 12, f. 6a-c (Df).
Scotophaeus torretrencada Wunderlich, 2017b: 316, f. 29-30 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049226].
Scotophaeus validus Lissner, 2017b: 54, f. 6a-b, 7a-b, 8a-b (f).
Scotophaeus validus Barrientos & Febrer, 2018: 47 (S of Scotophaeus torretrencada).
Scotophaeus westringi Simon, 1914 | m f | France     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027909]
Scotophaeus westringi Simon, 1914: 146, 211, f. 259-260 (Dmf).
Scotophaeus xizang Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003 | m f | India, China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039007]
Scotophaeus xizang Zhang, Song & Zhu, 2003: 70, f. 1A-I (Dmf).
Scotophaeus simaoensis Zhang, Yin & Bao, 2003: 637, f. 1-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039006].
Scotophaeus xizang Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004: 214, f. 127A-I (mf, S of Scotophaeus simaoensis).
Scotophaeus xizang Sarkar, Siliwal & Uniyal, 2023b: 1317, f. 1-4 (f).
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