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Genus: Cyphonisia Simon, 1889 | Family: Barychelidae Simon, 1889

Cyphonisia kissi (Benoit, 1966)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001371

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Described:

Distribution: DR Congo

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Type Repository Provide information

Allotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (Ara.120754) - (Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (Ara.27054) - (Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024)

Taxonomic References

Pisenor kissi Benoit, 1966c: 234, f. 30-33 (Dmf) Original description

Cyphonisia kissi Raven, 1985a: 112 (T from Pisenor)

Cyphonisia kissi Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024: 676, f. 5A-J, 6A-F (m, f habitus)

References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1966c). Les Barychelidae-Barychelinae africains et malgaches (Aran.-Orthogn.). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 74(3-4): 209-241. -- Show included taxa

Gonzalez-Filho, H. M. O., Colpani-Sartori, M. T., Henrard, A., Guadanucci, J. P. L. & Brescovit, A. D. (2024). Illustrated catalog of African brush-footed trapdoor spiders: type specimens from the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Barychelidae). Zoosystema 46(26): 671-695. doi: 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a26 -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. (1985a). The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 1-180. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-10-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024