Berlandina venatrix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026703

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Distribution: Libya, Egypt, Sudan


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  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK m (B.279, t.108) - (Levy, 1995)
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1936.2.12.134) of Berlandina jovia - (Levy, 1995)
Taxonomic References
Gnaphosa venatrix O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874a: 375, pl. 51, f. 4 (Dm) Original description
Pythonissa venatrix Simon, 1878a: 205
Berlandia venatrix Dalmas, 1921: 272, f. 48, 56-57 (m, Df)
Berlandina jovia Denis, 1947a: 63, pl. 3, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059678]
Berlandina venatrix Levy, 1995: 942, f. 57-60 (mf, S of Berlandina jovia)
Berlandina venatrix Al-Khazali, 2020b: 446, f. 3I-J (m)
Berlandina venatrix Al-Khazali & Fomichev, 2021: 70, f. 1f-g (f)
Berlandina venatrix Abdel-Ghani, Hassan & Sallam, 2023: 33, f. 7a-b (mf)
Berlandina venatrix Siyam et al., 2026: 702, f. 4-6 (m)
References

Abdel-Ghani, D. M., Hassan, M. F. & Sallam, G. M. E. (2023). Spiders as a bio-agent factor in a mango greenhouse at Giza Governorate, Egypt. Serket 20(1): 26-38. -- Show included taxa

Al-Khazali, A. M. (2020b). Berlandina mesopotamica sp. nov. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae): new record of the genus in Iraq. Arachnology 18(5): 444-446. doi: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.444 -- Show included taxa

Al-Khazali, A. M. & Fomichev, A. A. (2021). Description of the female of Berlandina mesopotamica (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 61: 70-72. doi: 10.30963/aramit6111 -- Show included taxa

Dalmas, R. de (1921). Monographie des araignées de la section des Pterotricha (Aran. Gnaphosidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 89: 233-328. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1947a). Results of the Armstrong College expedition to Siwa Oasis (Libyan desert), 1935. Spiders [Araneae]. Bulletin de la Société Fouad 1er d'Entomologie 31: 17-103, pl. 1-6. -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (1995). Revision of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae in Israel (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Journal of Natural History 29(4): 919-981. doi: 10.1080/00222939500770351 -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1874a). On some new species of Drassides. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 42(3): 370-419, pl. 51-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1874.tb02495.x -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1878a). Les arachnides de France. Tome quatrième, contenant la famille des Drassidae. Roret, Paris, 334 pp., pl. 14-16. -- Show included taxa

Siyam, M., Dunlop, J. A., Jäger, P. & El-Hennawy, H. K. (2026). New spider species records, and new distributional records, from the Republic of Sudan (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 20(5): 699-708. doi: 10.13156/arac.2026.20.5.9 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-07-01 New taxonomic reference entry Siyam et al., 2026
2023-12-28 New taxonomic reference entry Abdel-Ghani, Hassan & Sallam, 2023
2021-04-26 New taxonomic reference entry Al-Khazali & Fomichev, 2021
2020-07-20 New taxonomic reference entry Al-Khazali, 2020b

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