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Genus: Scotophaeus Simon, 1893 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Scotophaeus lamperti Strand, 1906

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027871

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Described: j

Distribution: Namibia

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Holotype: Museum Wiesbaden, formerly Naturhistorisches Museum (MWNH), Wiesbaden, Germany j(f) (Nr. 367) - (Jäger, 1998b)

Taxonomic References

Scotophaeus lamperti Strand, 1906c: 28 (Dj) Original description

Scotophaeus lamperti Sherwood, 2024b: 207 (immature, species inquirenda)

References

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1906c). Über einige Vogelspinnen und afrikanische Spinnen des naturhistorischen Museums zu Wiesbaden. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 59: 1-45. -- 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
2025-01-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b
2025-01-03	Species distribution update	Sherwood, 2024b	Old value