Tolkienus longispinus (Emerton, 1888)

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Described:

Distribution: Canada, USA

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  • Syntype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1m 1f (IZ151459) - (Montana et al., 2025)
Taxonomic References
Dictyna longispina Emerton, 1888: 446, pl. 9, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description
Dictyna longispina Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940: 329 (S of Dictyna bellans; revalidated by Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 62)
Dictyna longispina Jones, 1947: 29, f. 72 (f)
Dictyna longispina Kaston, 1948: 510, f. 1906, 1971 (mf)
Dictyna longispina Roewer, 1955c: 1322 (S of Dictyna extensa; rejected by Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 62, see Dictyna bellans)
Dictyna longispina Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 63, pl. 16, f. 1-3 (mf)
Dictyna longispina Brousseau, 2022: 78, f. 1-3 (mf)
Tolkienus longispina Montana et al., 2025: 90 (T from Dictyna)
References

Brousseau, P.-M. (2022). Première mention au Québec pour les espèces Dictyna longispina Emerton 1888 et Zelotes duplex Chamberlin 1922 (Araneae: Dictynidae & Gnaphosidae). Hutchinsonia 2: 76-79. -- Show included taxa

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

Emerton, J. H. (1888). New England spiders of the family Ciniflonidae. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 7: 443-458. -- Show included taxa

Gertsch, W. J. & Mulaik, S. (1940). The spiders of Texas. I. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77: 307-340. -- Show included taxa

Jones, S. (1947). Descriptions of some species of the spider genus Dictyna. Field and Laboratory 15: 1-35. -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1948). Spiders of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey 70: 1-874. -- 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

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-07 Species updated Old value Species epithet corrected
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
2022-09-19 New taxonomic reference entry Brousseau, 2022
2022-09-19 Species distribution update Brousseau, 2022 Old value

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