Rothus

Rothus
	R. aethiopicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pisauridae
Genus:	Rothus; Simon, 1898
Species
	R. aethiopicus (Pavesi, 1883) – Africa, Israel ; R. auratus Pocock, 1900 – South Africa ; R. vittatus Simon, 1898 – South Africa;

Rothus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[2] As of June 2019^[update] it contains only three species, found only in Africa and Israel: R. aethiopicus, R. auratus, and R. vittatus.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Gen. Rothus Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
^ Simon, E. (1898). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux des familles des Agelenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae et Oxyopidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 42: 5–34.

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