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Genus: Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873

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Described:

Distribution: Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Eswatini

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Gasteracantha toxotes Gerstäcker, 1873, (2360) -
Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Gasteracantha resupinata Gerstäcker, 1873, (2929) -
Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Gasteracantha petersi Karsch, 1878, (2851) -

Taxonomic References

Gasteracantha toxotes Gerstaecker, 1873: 489 (Df)

Gasteracantha resupinata Gerstaecker, 1873: 490, pl. 18, f. 8 (Df)

Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873a: 158, pl. 4, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha petersii Karsch, 1878a: 322, pl. 1, f. 6 (Df)

Gasteracantha falciformis Simon, 1895a: 840 (lapsus)

Gasteracantha falcicornis Dahl, 1914: 276

Gasteracantha falcicornis Emerit, 1974: 107, f. 46D-F (f)

Gasteracantha falcicornis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 6, 4 f. (f habitus)

References

Butler, A. G. (1873a). A monographic list of the species of Gasteracantha or crab-spiders, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 153-180. -- Show included taxa

Dahl, F. (1914). Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235-301. -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022e). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 2 (E-Ne). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 64 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6619195 -- Show included taxa

Emerit, M. (1974). Arachnides araignées Araneidae Gasteracanthinae. Faune Madagascar 38: 1-215. -- Show included taxa

Gerstaecker, A. (1873). Arachnoidea. In: Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. Nach dem von Dr. O. Kersten während der v. d. Decken'schen Ost-Afrikanischen Expedition im Jahre 1862 und von C. Cooke auf der Insel Sansibar im Jahre 1864 gesammelten Material. C. F. Winter, Leipzig, pp. 461-503, pl. 18 (Araneae: pp. 473-503). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.10149 -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1878a). Übersicht der von Peters in Mossambique gesammelten Arachniden. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1878: 314-338. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- 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
2022-06-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e
2022-06-08	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e	Old value