Auximus dentichelis (Simon, 1883)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022455

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Described:

Distribution: Azores, Canary Is.

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Lathys canariensis Schmidt, 1981, 1 m (34584-94) -
  • It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -
Taxonomic References
Amaurobius dentichelis Simon, 1883: 268, pl. 8, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description
Auximus dentichelis Simon, 1892a: 239, f. 185 (m)
Lathys rubrovittata Denis, 1964a: 92, f. 12-16 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054621]
Lathys alboretromaculata Denis, 1964a: 93, f. 17 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054605]
Lathys dentichelis Lehtinen, 1967: 243, f. 259 (S of Lathys alboretromaculata and L. rubrovittata)
Lathys canariensis Schmidt, 1981: 88, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054612]
Lathys dentichelis Wunderlich, 1992a: 427, f. 625-627 (mf, S of Lathys canariensis)
Analtella dentichelis Montana et al., 2025: 62 (T from Lathys)
Auximus dentichelis Blick, 2026: 640 (T from Analtella)
References

Blick, T. (2026). Auximus Simon, 1892 is the valid name for the spider genus Analtella Denis, 1947 (Araneae: Lathyidae). Arachnology 20(4): 640. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1964a). Spiders from the Azores and Madeira. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 18: 68-102. -- Show included taxa

Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468. [[second pdf: index and outline by V. D. Roth (unpubl.)]] -- 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

Schmidt, G. (1981). Zur Spinnenfauna von La Gomera. Zoologische Beiträge (N. F.) 27: 85-107. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1883). Études arachnologiques. 14e Mémoire. XXI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique des îles de l'Océan Atlantique (Açores, Madère, Salvages, Canaries, Cap Vert, Sainte-Hélène et Bermudes). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 3: 259-314. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1892a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-256. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (1992a). Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution. Beiträge zur Araneologie 1: 1-619. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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
2026-03-12 New taxonomic reference entry Blick, 2026
2026-03-12 Species transferred to new genus Blick, 2026 Species transferred from Analtella Denis, 1947 to Auximus Simon, 1892
2025-07-06 New taxonomic reference entry Montana et al., 2025
2025-07-06 Species transferred to new genus Montana et al., 2025 Species transferred from Lathys to Analtella

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