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Genus: Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 | Family: Trachelidae Simon, 1897

Trachelas punctatus Simon, 1886

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

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Described: j

Distribution: Senegal

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France jf (presumed lost) - (Haddad & Lyle, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Trachelas punctatus Simon, 1886g: 376 (Dj) Original description

Trachelas punctatus Haddad & Lyle, 2025: 487 (type juvenile and presumed lost, nomen dubium)

References

Haddad, C. R. & Lyle, R. (2025). A revision of the genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae: Trachelidae) in the continental Afrotropical Region. Zootaxa 5673(4): 451-493. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.4.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1886g). Etudes arachnologiques. 18e Mémoire. XXVI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune des Arachnides du Sénégal. (Suivi d'une appendice intitulé: Descriptions de plusieurs espèces africaines nouvelles). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 5: 345-396. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-08-07	Taxon is nomen dubium	Haddad & Lyle, 2025		Trachelas punctatus Simon, 1886 declared a nomen dubium
2025-08-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Haddad & Lyle, 2025