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Genus: Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1865 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Pycnacantha tribulus Fabricius, 1781

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Described:

Distribution: Central Africa, Zimbabwe, South Africa

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Holotype: Aranea tribulus Fabricius, 1781 - type material probably lost or destroyed - (Zimsen, 1964)

Taxonomic References

Aranea tribulus Fabricius, 1781: 547 (Df) Original description

Pycnacantha meadii Blackwall, 1865b: 351 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058009]

Daturina hystrix Thorell, 1877a: 302, unnumbered f. (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058010]

Pycnacantha tribulus Simon, 1895a: 892, 894, f. 958 (S of Daturina hystrix and Pycnacantha meadei)

Pycnacantha tribulus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 45, p. 44: 3 f., p. 45: 3 f., p. 46: 4 f. (f habitus)

References

Blackwall, J. (1865b). Descriptions of recently discovered species and characters of a new genus, of Araneida from the east of Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 16(95): 336-352. doi: 10.1080/00222936508679441 -- Show included taxa

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

Fabricius, J. C. (1781). Species insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphos in adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburgi and Kilonii, 1, 1-552 (Araneae, pp. 536-549). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.11658 -- 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. (1877a). Due ragni esotici descritti. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 9: 301-310. -- Show included taxa

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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., 2022f
2022-06-08	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f	Old value