title: Scotargus
text: # Scotargus
  
  Scotargus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of May 2019 it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands:
  
  * Scotargus enghoffi Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  * Scotargus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  * Scotargus numidicus Bosmans, 2006 – Algeria
  * Scotargus pilosus Simon, 1913 (type) – Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia
  * Scotargus secundus Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
  * Scotargus tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  