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Modisimus culicinus Simon 1893

Description

11. Modisimus culicinus (Simon, 1893).

Newly recorded for Central Africa [Fig. 24; Lessert’s (1938) record - sub Hedypsilus lawrencei - from Kananga, Congo D.R., is outside the area considered here].

New records

SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE: São Tomé: 1 ♂ in CAS, barricade wall S of Praia du Mutamba (0°23.2’N, 6°35.7’E), 3 May 2001 (J.M. Ledford).

CONGO D.R.: Bas Congo: 1 ♀ in MRAC (128843), Mayombe, Luki [5°39’S, 13°04’E], in Cubitermes [Termitidae] nest, 20 Sep. 1956 (A. Bouillon).

Notes

Published as part of Bernhard A. Huber, Philippe Le Gall & Jacques Francois Mavoungou, 2014, Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae), pp. 1-46 in European Journal of Taxonomy 81 (81) on page 8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81, http://zenodo.org/record/830852

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CAS , MRAC
Material sample ID
128843
Event date
1956-09-20 , 2001-05-03
Verbatim event date
1956-09-20 , 2001-05-03
Scientific name authorship
Simon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Pholcidae
Genus
Modisimus
Species
culicinus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Modisimus culicinus Simon, 1893 sec. Huber, Le & Francois, 2014

References

  • Simon E. 1893. Histoire Naturelle des Araignees. 2 nd edition., 1 (2): 256 - 488. Paris.
  • Lessert R. de 1938. Araignees du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 30: 424 - 457.