Tolkienus armatus (Thorell, 1875)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022254

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Described:

Distribution: Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus)


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Taxonomic References
Dictyna armata Thorell, 1875b: 72 (Dm) Original description
Dictyna armata Thorell, 1875c: 74 (Dmf)
Dictyna armata Marusik & Koponen, 2017: 45, f. 3a-d (mf)
Dictyna armata Ponomarev et al., 2019: 313, f. 3 (m)
Tolkienus armatus Montana et al., 2025: 91 (T from Dictyna)
References

Marusik, Y. M. & Koponen, S. (2017). On two sibling species of Dictyna (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Ukraine and Caucasus. Entomologica Fennica 28(1): 41-48. doi: 10.33338/ef.84674 -- Show included taxa

Montana, K. O., Cala-Riquelme, F., Crews, S. C., Gorneau, J. A., Al-Jamal, A. M., Alequín, L. D., Spagna, J. C., Ballarin, F. & Esposito, L. A. (2025). Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2, zlaf007): 1-97. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007 [[2nd pdf contains the Suppl. Figs 1-5]] -- Show included taxa

Ponomarev, A. V., Aliev, M. A., Khabiev, G. N. & Shmatko, V. Y. (2019). New data on the spider fauna (Aranei) of Dagestan, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 28(2): 309-334. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.28.2.14 -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1875b). Verzeichniss südrussischer Spinnen. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 11: 39-122. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1875c). Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 13(5): 1-204. -- Show included taxa

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2025-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Montana et al., 2025
2025-07-07 Species transferred to new genus Montana et al., 2025 Species transferred from Dictyna to Tolkienus
2019-07-01 New taxonomic reference entry Ponomarev et al., 2019
2019-07-01 Species distribution update Ponomarev et al., 2019 Old value
2017-03-07 New taxonomic reference entry Marusik & Koponen, 2017
2017-03-07 Species distribution update Marusik & Koponen, 2017 Old value

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