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Genus: Poltys C. L. Koch, 1843 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Poltys furcifer Simon, 1881

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016955

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Described:

Distribution: Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa

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It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Poltys furcifer Simon, 1881e: 4 (Df) Original description

Poltys bimaculatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899b: 521, pl. 29, f. 4 (Df; preoccupied by Keyserling, 1886, see Poltys laciniosus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054704]

Poltys furcifer Roewer, 1942a: 905 (S of Poltys bimaculatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899)

Poltys furcifer Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 39, p. 38: 2 f., p. 39: 3 f. (f habitus)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022f). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 3 (Ne-U). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 66 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6326991 -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1899b). On some new species of exotic Araneidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67(2): 518-532, pl. 29-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1899.tb06872.x -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy Bremen, 1040 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1881e). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux d'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 6(1-2): 1-15. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-06-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f
2022-06-08	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f	Old value