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Pelecopsis alticola subsp. kenyensis

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Description

Pelecopsis alticola kenyensis (Holm, 1962)

Material examined: MHNG; 6 males, 12 females [sample KENYA-74/08]; KENYA, Lake Nakuru National Park, sifting dead leaves (Acacia); 6.XI.1974; leg. V. Mahnert.

Distribution: This species was hitherto known from Mt Kenya, 3920 m a.s.l., Kenya (Holm, 1962).

Notes

Published as part of Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2020, Linyphiid spiders collected by V. Mahnert in Kenya, with the description of a new genus and two new species (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 349-360 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2) on page 357, DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0024, http://zenodo.org/record/5743834

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Biodiversity

Collection code
MHNG
Event date
1974-11-06
Verbatim event date
1974-11-06
Scientific name authorship
Holm
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Linyphiidae
Genus
Pelecopsis
Species
kenyensis
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Pelecopsis alticola subsp. kenyensis (Holm, 1962) sec. Tanasevitch, 2020

References

  • Holm A. 1962. The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae. Zoologiska Bidrag fran Uppsala 35: 19 - 204.