Rothus
Rothus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. Its three species are found in Africa, with R. aethiopicus reaching into Israel.
Species
African Crown Pisaurid
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyPisauridae
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- Life style
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- References
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Rothus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. Its three species are found in Africa, with R. aethiopicus reaching into Israel.
==Life style== These are free-running plant dwellers found in vegetation and are active at night. Some species sometimes wander into residences.
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