Hoplolathys aethiopica Caporiacco, 1947

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Described: j

Distribution: Ethiopia

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), Budapest, Hungary j - (Caporiacco, 1947c)
Taxonomic References
Hoplolathys aethiopica Caporiacco, 1947c: 102 (Dj) Original description
Hoplolathys aethiopica Sherwood, 2024b: 207 (immature, species inquirenda)
Hoplolathys aethiopica Montana et al., 2025: 81 (juvenile, type lost, nomen dubium)
References

Caporiacco, L. di (1947c). Arachnida Africae Orientalis, a dominibus Kittenberger, Kovács et Bornemisza lecta, in Museo Nationali Hungarico servata. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 40: 97-257. -- 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

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-07 Taxon is nomen dubium Montana et al., 2025 Hoplolathys aethiopica Caporiacco, 1947 declared a nomen dubium
2025-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Montana et al., 2025
2025-01-03 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, 2024b

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