Scotargus
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Scotargus
| authority = Simon, 1913
| type_species = S. pilosus
| type_species_authority = Simon, 1913
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 6, see text
}}
Scotargus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1913.{{citation| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1913| contribution=Araneae et Opiliones (Quatrème série)| title=Biospeologica, XXX| volume=52| issue=2| pages=359–386| author-link=Eugène_Simon}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains six species, found in Europe, Algeria, North Africa, and on the Canary Islands:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Scotargus Simon, 1913| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-06-23| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1606| doi=10.24436/2}}
- 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.