Sauron (spider)
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| Genus: | Sauron Eskov, 1995
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Sauron is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae containing two species in Europe and Asia.[1] 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.[2]
- 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.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Gen. Sauron Eskov, 1995". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ Eskov, K. Y.; Marusik, Y. M. (1995). "On the spiders from Saur Mt. range, eastern Kazakhstan (Arachnida: Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 4: 55–94.
- ^ "Sauron rayi (Simon, 1881)". Spiders of Europe. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ Milasowszky, Norbert; Hepner, Martin (2014). "First record of Sauron rayi (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Austria". Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 48: 1–7. doi:10.5431/aramit4801.