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Genus: Scotophaeus Simon, 1893 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Scotophaeus dolanskyi Lissner, 2017

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049525

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Distribution: Portugal, Spain, Morocco

External Resources*: araneae - Spiders of Europe | GBIF

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Holotype: Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), Copenhagen = Zoological Museum of Natural History, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC/ZMK), Denmark m - (Lissner, 2017b)

Taxonomic References

Scotophaeus dolanskyi Lissner, 2017b: 53, f. 3, 4a-c, 5a-d (Dm) Original description

Scotophaeus dolanskyi Barrientos et al., 2022: 39, f. 7A-D (m, Df)

Scotophaeus dolanskyi Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 132, f. 97A-E (m)

Scotophaeus dolanskyi Lecigne et al., 2026: 46, f. 24A-B (f)

References

Barrientos, J. A., Martínez-Devesa, G., Hernández-Corral, J. & Micó, E. (2022). Arañas (Araneae) de las oquedades arbóreas del Parque Nacional de Cabañeros (Ciudad Real, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 40: 33-46. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S., Lips, J. & Hénon, N. (2026). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – third note. On sixteen new species, and noteworthy records. European Journal of Taxonomy 1067: 1-88. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1067.3292 ZooBank: 2A65CAB2-523D-4906-9C5A-8989DBA94841 -- Show included taxa

Lissner, J. (2017b). New records of spiders (Araneae) from Portugal. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 54: 52-58. doi: 10.5431/aramit5412 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-06-14	Type repository inserted	Lissner, 2017b
2026-06-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne et al., 2026
2025-04-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025
2025-04-07	Species distribution update	Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025	Old value
2022-07-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Barrientos et al., 2022
2022-07-01	Species distribution update	Barrientos et al., 2022	Old value
2022-07-01	First description of female	Barrientos et al., 2022	Old value
2017-08-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Lissner, 2017b
2017-08-16	New species inserted	Lissner, 2017b