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Idiops argus Simon 1889

  • 1. Zoological Museum, Center of Natural History, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. & Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, U. S. A.
  • 2. Fundación OTONGA, Calle Rither y Bolivia Quito, Ecuador. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9005 - 5328

Description

Idiops argus Simon, 1889

Fig. 14 A–D.

Idiops argus Simon, 1889m: 180 (Description female).

Type material. Ceph. Th.: long. 7 mill.; lat. 5,5 mill. Abd,: long. 9mill.; lat. 6,5 mill.

San Esteban, Puerto cabello. Examined.

Label 1. MNHN Paris AR15046, Idiops argus Simon, 1889, Venezuela: San Esteban, Puerto Cabello, Simon E. leg.

Label 2. Lectotype Yamamoto F.U. det. Coll. Simon no9864

Type designation. Female lectotype (AR15046) and two females, one juvenile paralectotype (AR 4169) designated here.

Distribution. Venezuela

Note. A second vial with 3 other specimens we also found with the following label information: Label 1. Museum Paris AR 4169, 9864 Idiops argus E.S., Venezuela! Idiops argus Simon 1889, San Esteban. Puerto Cabello. Venezuela. Label 2. F.U. Yamamoto 2013, 2 females, 1 juvenile paralectotypes. We were unable to find any formal type designation in the literature by Yamamoto.

Notes

Published as part of Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2021, The endless search for type specimens; illustrations of eleven spider (Araneae Mygalomorphae) species described by Eugène Simon, pp. 259-282 in Zootaxa 4951 (2) on pages 272-273, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4664047

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Simon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Idiopidae
Genus
Idiops
Species
argus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Idiops argus Simon, 1889 sec. Dupérré & Tapia, 2021

References

  • Simon, E. (1889 m) Arachnides. In: Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (decembre 1887 - avril 1888). 4 e Memoire. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 6 (9), 169 - 220.