Pterotricha schaefferi (Audouin, 1826)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027807

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Described:

Distribution: Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Cyprus, Israel


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Taxonomic References
Drassus schaefferi Audouin, 1826: 383, pl. 5, f. 5 (Df) Original description
Macaria schaefferi Simon, 1864: 113
Gnaphosa aethiopica L. Koch, 1875b: 44, pl. 5, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027776]
Pythonissa schaefferi Simon, 1878a: 205
Pterotricha schaefferi Simon, 1906e: 1161 (S of Gnaphosa aethiopica [sub lapsus aethiops])
Pterotricha schaefferi Simon, 1907e: 4
Callilepis schaefferi Strand, 1908h: 78
Pterotricha schaefferi Dalmas, 1921: 260, f. 26, 42 (f, Dm)
Pterotricha aethiopica Roewer, 1955c: 377 (overlooked S of Simon, 1906e: 1161)
Pterotricha schaefferi Levy, 1995: 964, f. 108-112 (mf)
Pterotricha schaefferi Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 66, f. 38A-H (m)
References

Audouin, V. (1826). Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Égypte et de la Syrie. In: Savigny, M. J. C. L. de: "Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée franҫaise, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand.". Histoire Naturelle 1(4): 1-339 (arachnids, pp. 99-186, pl. 1-7). [[for year of publication and authorship see Sherbourn, 1897, Tollitt, 1986 and ICZN, 1987b; a second edition was publ. in 1829, with different pagination: arachnids, pp. 291-430]] -- 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

Koch, L. (1875b). Aegyptische und abyssinische Arachniden gesammelt von Herrn C. Jickeli. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 96 pp., pl. 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- 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

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1864). Histoire naturelle des Araignées (Aranéides). Roret, Paris, 540 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.47654 [[there are two published versions of pp. 65-68, version 1 from BHL, version 2 from Munich library]] -- 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

Simon, E. (1906e). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Phoneyusa découverte au Fouta-Djalon par M. A. Chevalier. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 12: 189-190. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1907e). Arachnides recueillis en Egypte et le long du Nil Blanc par la Mission zoologique suedoise, 1901. In: Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile 1901 under the Direction of L. A. Jägerskiöld. Part III. 21 (37). Uppsala, 10 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.21727 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1908h). Nordafrikanische, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelte Aviculariidae, Drassidae und Theridiidae. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 64: 11-101. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-04-07 New taxonomic reference entry Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025
2025-04-07 Species distribution update Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025 Old value
2019-11-14 Species distribution update Bosmans et al., 2019b Old value

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