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Genus: Sipalolasma Simon, 1892 | Family: Barychelidae Simon, 1889

Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001576

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Described:

Distribution: DR Congo

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (Ara.120051) of Sipalolasma kissi - (Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (Ara.57324) - (Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 6f (Ara 3489, 122789, 128137) - (Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 2f (Ara 93111, 120344) of Sipalolasma kissi - (Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024)

Taxonomic References

Sipalolasma kissi Benoit, 1966c: 240, f. 40-41 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001574]

Sipalolasma warnantae Benoit, 1966c: 237, f. 34-36 (Df) Original description

Sipalolasma warnantae Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024: 693, f. 21A-D, 22A-D (f, S of Sipalolasma kissi)

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

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-10-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024
2024-10-20	Species synonymy	Gonzalez-Filho et al., 2024		Sipalolasma kissi synonymized with Sipalolasma warnantae