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Genus: Ikuma Lawrence, 1938 | Family: Palpimanidae Thorell, 1869

Ikuma spiculosa Lawrence, 1927

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005540

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Described: j

Distribution: Namibia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC), South Africa j (ENW-B006293) - (Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b)
Holotype: Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum) (TMSA), Pretoria, South Africa j (not found) of Ikuma squamata - (Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b)

Taxonomic References

Palpimanus spiculosus Lawrence, 1927: 23 (Dj) Original description

Ikuma spiculosa Lawrence, 1938b: 217

Ikuma squamata Lawrence, 1938b: 217, f. 3 (Df; not adult per Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b: 111) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005541]

Ikuma spiculosa Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b: 110, f. 1A-D (S of Ikuma squamata)

References

Lawrence, R. F. (1927). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa V. Arachnida. Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 1-75, pl. 1-4. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1938b). Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Spiders. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19: 215-226. -- Show included taxa

Zonstein, S. & Marusik, Y. M. (2022b). Redescription of the poorly known genus Ikuma Lawrence, with synonymy and description of a new species from Namibia (Araneae, Palpimanidae). African Invertebrates 63(2): 105-119. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.63.90530 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-10-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b
2022-10-05	Species synonymy	Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b		Ikuma squamata synonymized with Ikuma spiculosa