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Genus: Singafrotypa Benoit, 1962 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Singafrotypa acanthopus Simon, 1907

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Described:

Distribution: Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Congo

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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

Singotypa acanthopus Simon, 1907d: 281 (Df) Original description

Singotypa acanthopus Lessert, 1930: 626, f. 9 (f)

Singafrotypa acanthopus Benoit, 1962b: 219 (Tf from Singotypa=Phonognatha)

Singafrotypa acanthopus Kuntner & Hormiga, 2002: 132, f. 1-8, 15 (f, Dm)

Singafrotypa acanthopus Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 209, f. 597-598 (m)

Singafrotypa acanthopus Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 172, f. 13A-E (mf)

Singafrotypa acanthopus Šestáková & Omelko, 2012: 82, f. 6, 10 (f)

References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1962b). Les Araneidae-Nephilinae africains. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 65: 217-231. -- Show included taxa

Heinrichs, E. A. & Barrion, A. T. (2004). Rice-feeding insects and selected natural enemies in West Africa: biology, ecology, identification. International Rice Research Institute, Manila & Africa Rice Center, Abidjan, 242 pp. [[spiders: pp. 192-222]] -- Show included taxa

Kuntner, M. & Hormiga, G. (2002). The African spider genus Singafrotypa (Araneae, Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology 30: 129-139. -- Show included taxa

Kuntner, M., Coddington, J. A. & Hormiga, G. (2008). Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies. Cladistics 24(2): 147-217. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00176.x -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1930). Araignées du Congo recueillies au cours de l'expédition organisée par l'American Museum (1909-1915). Quatrième et dernière partie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37: 613-672. -- Show included taxa

Šestáková, A. & Omelko, M. M. (2012). A new combination expands the range of the African araneid spider Singafrotypa (Araneae, Araneidae). ZooKeys 207: 79-84. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.207.3522 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1907d). Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 1re partie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 43: 218-323. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2021-01-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004