Tolkienus bellans hatchi (Jones, 1948)

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Described:

Distribution: USA

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1f (IZ24764) - (Jones, 1948)
  • Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m (IZ21526) - (Montana et al., 2025)
Taxonomic References
Dictyna hatchi Jones, 1948: 43, f. 7, 33-36 (Dmf) Original description
Dictyna bellans hatchi Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 63 (removed from S, placed as subspecies, rejecting Roewer, 1955c: 1318)
Tolkienus bellans hatchi Montana et al., 2025: 91 (T from Dictyna)
References

Chamberlin, R. V. & Gertsch, W. J. (1958). The spider family Dictynidae in America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 116: 1-152. [[second pdf contains better scans of the plates]] -- Show included taxa

Jones, S. E. (1948). The species of Dictyna in the Exline collection. Field and Laboratory (Dallas) 16: 29-44. -- 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

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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
2025-07-07 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

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