Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Paraplectana

Paraplectana thorntoni (Blackwall, 1865)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2019-09-16
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016875]
  • Distribution: West, Central Africa, Yemen
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Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Eurysoma thorntoni Blackwall, 1865b: 348 (Df).
Paraplectana cabindae Brito Capello, 1867: 10, pl. 2, f. 6 (Df).
Paraplectana anchietae Brito Capello, 1867: 11, pl. 2, f. 5 (Df).
Peniza testudo Thorell, 1868b: 10 (Df).
Paraplectana thorntoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 293, pl. 27, f. 24 (f).
Paraplectana thorntoni Simon, 1895a: 880, f. 940 (f).
Paraplectana thorntoni occidentalis Strand, 1916a: 101 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016876].
Paraplectana thorntoni Kolosváry, 1931: 1070, pl. 30, f. 4 (f).
Paraplectana thorntoni Nentwig et al., 2019: 38 (S of Paraplectana thorntoni occidentalis).
References

Blackwall, J. (1865b). Descriptions of recently discovered species and characters of a new genus, of Araneida from the East of Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 16: 336-352. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Brito Capello, F. de (1867). Descripçao de algunas especies novas ou pouco conhecidas de Crustaceo e Arachnidios de Portugal e possessoes portuguezas do Ultramar. Memorias da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa (N.S.) 4(1): 1-17. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kolosváry, G. (1931). Variations-Studien über "Gasteracantha" und "Argyope" Arten. Archivio Zoologico Italiano 16: 1055-1085. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, C. (2019). Tackling taxonomic redundancy in spiders: the infraspecific spider taxa described by Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 58: 29-51. doi:10.30963/aramit5809 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47(2): 279-293. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02656.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1916a). Zehn neue äthiopische Lycosiden nebst Bemerkungen über einige weitere exotische Araneae. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 69: 97-118. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1868b). Araneae. Species novae minusve cognitae. In: Virgin, C. A. (ed.) Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring Jorden. Uppsala, Zoologi, Arachnida, pp. 1-34. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2019-09-16 New taxonomic reference entry Nentwig et al., 2019 n/a
2019-09-16 Species synonymy Nentwig et al., 2019 Paraplectana thorntoni occidentalis synonymized with Paraplectana thorntoni