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Genus: Caponia Simon, 1887 | Family: Caponiidae Simon, 1890

Caponia abyssinica Strand, 1908

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004028

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Described:

Distribution: Ethiopia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany type material destroyed 1944 - (Renner, 1988b)

Taxonomic References

Caponia abyssinica Strand, 1908m: 80 (Df) Original description

Caponia abyssinica Nentwig et al., 2020: 23 (nomen dubium)

References

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, C. (2020). How to deal with destroyed type material? The case of Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 22-29. doi: 10.30963/aramit5904 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1908m). Nordafrikanische Spinnen, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelt (Dictynidae, Eresidae, Sicariidae, Dysderidae, Caponiidae, Palpimanidae, Zodariidae, Urocteidae, Pholcidae, Agelenidae, Pisauridae). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 74(I,1): 67-128. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2020-03-09	Taxon is nomen dubium	Nentwig et al., 2020		Caponia abyssinica Strand, 1908 declared a nomen dubium
2020-03-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Nentwig et al., 2020