Sauron (spider)

Sauron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Linyphiidae
Genus:Sauron
Eskov[1]
Type species
Sauron fissocornis
Species
  • Sauron fissocornis Eskov, 1995
  • Sauron rayi (Simon, 1881)

Sauron is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae containing two species in Europe and Asia.[2] Sauron spiders are 1.25 to 2 mm in total length. The genus name derives from the character Sauron from the books of J. R. R. Tolkien.[3]

  • Sauron fissocornis Eskov, 1995 was described from individuals collected in the Saur Mountains of Kazakhstan.
  • Sauron rayi, originally described by Eugène Simon in 1881 as Erigone rayi, occurs throughout Central and Eastern Europe, ranging from France to Russia.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Linyphiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. ↑ "Gen. Sauron Eskov, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Eskov, K. Y.; Marusik, Y. M. (1995). "On the spiders from Saur Mt. range, eastern Kazakhstan (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4: 55–94.
  4. ↑ Nentwig W, Blick T, Gloor D, Hänggi A, Kropf C. "Sauron rayi (Simon, 1881)". Spiders of Europe. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Milasowszky, Norbert; Hepner, Martin (2014). "First record of Sauron rayi (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Austria". Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 48: 1–7. doi:10.5431/aramit4801.


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