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Genus: Benoitodes Platnick, 1993 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Benoitodes sanctaehelenae (Strand, 1909)

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Described:

Distribution: St. Helena

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Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany f (35351) - (Sherwood et al., 2024e)

Taxonomic References

Drassodes sanctae-helenae Strand, 1909g: 551 (Df) Original description

Actaeodes sanctaehelenae Benoit, 1977c: 60, f. 22a-d (f, T from Drassodes)

Benoitodes sanctaehelenae Platnick, 1993c: 642 (T from Actaeodes)

Benoitodes sanctaehelenae Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1232, f. 12A-F, 13A-E (Dm, f)

References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1977c). Fam. Drassidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220: 52-62. -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. (1993c). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980. New York Entomological Society New York, 846 pp. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Henrard, A., Jocqué, R., Fowler, L., Marusik, Y. M., Maddison, W., Harvey, M. S., Hormiga, G., Rheims, C. A., Piacentini, L. N., Peters, M., Stevens, N., Joshua, D., Scipio-O’Dean, C. J., Ellick, G., Wilkins, V., Ashmole, M. & Ashmole, P. (2024e). Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Arachnology 19(9): 1218-1291. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1218 -- 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
2024-11-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2024e
2024-11-04	First description of male	Sherwood et al., 2024e	Old value