Purplecorna meditata (Gertsch, 1936)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022302

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico to Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, Bonaire

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Taxonomic References
Dictyna meditata Gertsch, 1936a: 5, f. 8 (Dm) Original description
Dictyna flavipedes Bryant, 1940: 299, pl. 4, f. 59, pl. 5, f. 60-61 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065406]
Dictyna meditata Chickering, 1950a: 93 (Df, S of Dictyna flavipedes)
Purplecorna meditata Montana et al., 2025: 89 (T from Dictyna)
References

Bryant, E. B. (1940). Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 86: 247-532. -- Show included taxa

Chickering, A. M. (1950a). Three new dictynids (Araneae) from Panama. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 34: 85-96. -- Show included taxa

Gertsch, W. J. (1936a). Further diagnoses of new American spiders. American Museum Novitates 852: 1-27. -- 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 Purplecorna
2025-01-31 Species distribution update IJland & Verhoogt, 2025 Old value
2022-12-07 Species distribution update Old value

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