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Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge 1898

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077 - 830, Belém, Pará, Brazil & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia-Universidade Federal do Pará-Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Description

Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898

Mazax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898: 275 (type species: Mazax spinosa Pickard-Cambridge, 1898, preoccupied by Mazax spinosa (Simon, 1898); replacement name: Mazax pax Reiskind, 1969). Nomen protectum.

Thargalia Karsch, 1880: 376 (type species: Corinna memnonia C. L. Koch, 1841). Synonymized with Castianeira by Keyserling, 1887: 442, rejected here. syn. nov., nomen oblitum.

Notes. To the best of our knowledge, Thargalia met the conditions outlined in ICZN Article 23.9.1.1 to be considered a nomen oblitum, as it has not been used as a valid name since 1899, having been synonymized with Castianeira by Keyserling (1887). Concurrently, we propose the continued use of the younger name Mazax as valid for this taxon, in accordance with ICZN Article 23.9.1.2, which supports its recognition as a nomen protectum (a name used in at least 25 works, published by at least 10 authors in the immediately preceding 50 years and encompassing a span of not less than 10 years; ICNZ 1999). Mazax was cited at least 32 times in the past 50 years by at least 54 authors in a maximum span of eight years between two given publications (Reiskind 1977; Cokendolpher 1978; Roth 1982; Brignoli 1983; Platnick 1989, 1993, 1997; Deeleman-Reinhold 1993; Nentwig 1993; Foelix 1996; Cushing 1997; Ubick & Richman 2005; Freire-Jr & Motta 2011; De los Santos & Alayón 2012; Desales-Lara 2014; Nieto-Castañeda et al. 2014; Rubio & Danişman 2014; Perger & Perger 2017; Bao et al. 2018; Chamé-Vázquez et al. 2020; Orozco-Gil & Desales-Lara 2021; Perger & Duperré 2021; Pett 2021; Pékar et al. 2022; Pett et al. 2022; Perger & Pett 2022; Murcia-Moreno & Dumas Gálvez 2024; Orozco-Gil et al. 2024; Silva-Junior et al. 2024; Mercado 2025; Silva-Junior et al. 2025; Xavier et al. 2025).

Notes

Published as part of Silva-Junior, Cláudio J. & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2026, On the actual identity of the genus Castianeira Keyserling, 1879 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae): the type species and its relatives, pp. 39-68 in Zootaxa 5763 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/19190825

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A814E639FFB0FFB81FBFAD066F28A2C1

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.1.2 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
O. Pickard-Cambridge
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Corinnidae
Genus
Mazax
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Mazax Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 sec. Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2026

References

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