Micrathena forcipata (Thorell, 1859)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016567

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Rep.)

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Taxonomic References
Acrosoma forcipatum Thorell, 1859: 300 (Df) Original description
Acrosoma flavo-maculatum Keyserling, 1864: 77, pl. 2, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062610]
Acrosoma flavo-maculatum Keyserling, 1892: 24, pl. 1, f. 21 (f)
Micrathena flavomaculata Simon, 1895a: 852, f. 909 (f)
Micrathena forcipata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 370
Micrathena cylindracea Franganillo, 1930: 32 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062600]
Micrathena cylindracea argentata Franganillo, 1930: 32 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016568]
Micrathena laminaris Franganillo, 1930: 31 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062694]
Micrathena forcipata Bryant, 1940: 372, f. 149, 151 (f, removed from S of Micrathena sexspinosa [rejecting Reimoser, 1917: 126], S of M. cylindracea; m f. 141, 146 see Micrathena cubana)
Micrathena cylindracea Franganillo in Bonnet, 1957: 2865 (S of Micrathena cylindracea argentata and M. laminaris)
Micrathena bryantae Chickering, 1964: 254, f. 1-3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062589]
Micrathena forcipata Chickering, 1964: 257, f. 11-15 (f, S of Micrathena flavomaculata, m f. 16 see Micrathena cubana)
Micrathena forcipata Levi, 1985a: 594, f. 761-769 (mf, S of Micrathena bryantae)
References

Bonnet, P. (1957). Bibliographia araneorum. Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéologique jusqu'en 1939. Tome II. Systématique des araignées (Étude par ordre alphabétique) (3me partie: G-M). Douladoure, Toulouse, pp. 1927-3026. -- Show included taxa

Bryant, E. B. (1940). Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 86: 247-532. -- Show included taxa

Chickering, A. M. (1964). The genus Micrathena (Araneae, Araneidae) in the West Indies. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 131(8): 251-281. -- Show included taxa

Franganillo B., P. (1930). Arácnidos de Cuba: Mas arácnidos nuevos de la Isla de Cuba. Memorias del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas 1: 47-99. [[reprinted separately, pp. 1-55; only reprint seen and cited]] -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1864). Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Arten aus der Familie Orbitelae Latr. oder Epeiridae Sund. Sitzungs-Berichte der naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Isis in Dresden 1863: 63-98, 119-154, pl. 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1892). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 4, 1-208. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1985a). The spiny orb-weaver genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150: 429-618. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1911). A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 29: 1-791. -- 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

Thorell, T. (1859). Nya exotiska Epeirider. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 16: 299-304. -- Show included taxa

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