Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987

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Described:

Distribution: Galapagos

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Taxonomic References
Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987b: 145, f. 16-21 (Dmf) Original description
Metepeira desenderi Piel, 2001: 21, f. 15-21 (mf)
Metepeira desenderi Baert et al., 2023: 7, f. 16A-F, 17A-D (mf)
References

Baert, L. (1987b). Spiders of the Galápagos Islands. Part IV. Miscellaneous families II. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 57: 141-155. -- Show included taxa

Baert, L., Maelfait, J.-P., Desender, K., Hendrickx, F., Dekoninck, W., Berthet, M., Bouckaert, K., Caudron, J. & Leclercq, M. (2023). Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands. Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1-188. [[includes figs of 5 undescribed species]] -- Show included taxa

Piel, W. H. (2001). The systematics of Neotropical orb-weaving spiders in the genus Metepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157: 1-92. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-12-22 New taxonomic reference entry Baert et al., 2023

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