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Genus: Shango Lehtinen, 1967 | Family: Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

Shango capicola (Strand, 1909)

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

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Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Dictyna capicola Strand, 1909, (35040–41) -

Taxonomic References

Dictyna capicola Strand, 1909g: 548 (Df) Original description

Shango capicola Lehtinen, 1967: 264 (T from Dictyna)

Shango capicola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020n: 12, p. 11: 1 f., p. 12: 6 f. (f, f. of undescribed m)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020n). The Dictynidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 14 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6159874 -- 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

Strand, E. (1909g). Spinnentiere von Südafrika und einigen Inseln gesammelt bei der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition. In: Drygalsky, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern. X. Band. Zoologie II. Band. Georg Reimer, Berlin, pp. 541-596. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.2166 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-06-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020n