Setaphis mollis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027954

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Described:

Distribution: Morocco to Egypt, Italy (Sicily), Israel


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK f - (Platnick & Murphy, 1996)
  • Lectotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f of Scotophaeus quadridentatus - (Bosmans & Hervé, 2021)
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; type material destroyed 1944 f of Zelotes quadridentatus - (Nentwig et al., 2020)
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany 4f (3291) of Echemus pharetratus - (Bosmans & Janssen, 1999)
Taxonomic References
Prosthesima mollis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874a: 381, pl. 51, f. 9 (Df) Original description
Echemus pharetratus Karsch, 1881a: 11, pl. 1, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063684]
Prosthesima quadridentata Strand, 1906b: 613 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028358]
Scotophaeus quadridentatus Caporiacco, 1928b: 85, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027772]
Pseudodrassus quadridentatus Caporiacco, 1935a: 286
Echemus mollis Roewer, 1955c: 418
Camillina mollis Schmidt, 1973: 364 (T from Echemus)
Setaphis mollis Platnick & Murphy, 1996: 12, f. 25-28 (Dm, f, T from Camillina)
Setaphis mollis Levy, 1998c: 97, f. 6-9 (mf)
Setaphis mollis Bosmans & Janssen, 1999: 86, f. 9-12 (mf, S of Echemus pharetratus)
Zelotes quadridentatus Nentwig et al., 2020: 24 (nomen dubium)
Setaphis mollis Bosmans & Hervé, 2021: 61 (S of Pseudodrassus quadridentatus and Zelotes quadridentatus [removed from nomen dubium])
Setaphis mollis Nicolosi et al., 2024: 1019, f. 3a-e (m)
Setaphis mollis Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 67, f. 39A-I (mf)
References

Bosmans, R. & Janssen, M. (1999). The ground spider genus Setaphis in the Maghreb countries (Araneae Gnaphosidae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 155: 82-90. -- Show included taxa

Bosmans, R. & Hervé, C. (2021). Less is more: eight new synonyms in Mediterranean spiders (Araneae), with a new Pelecopsis species from Tunisia (Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 61: 58-64. doi: 10.30963/aramit6109 -- Show included taxa

Caporiacco, L. di (1928b). Resultati zoologici della Missione inviata dalla R. Società Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'oasi di Giarabub (1926-1927). Aracnidi di Giarabub e di Porto Bardia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 53: 77-107. -- Show included taxa

Caporiacco, L. di (1935a). Escursione del Prof. Nello Beccari in Anatolia. Aracnidi. Monitore Zoologico Italiano 46: 283-289. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1881a). Verzeichniss der während der Rohlfs'schen africanischen Expedition erbeuteten Myriopoden und Arachniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 47(1): 1-14, pl. 1. -- 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. (1998c). The ground-spider genera Setaphis, Trachyzelotes, Zelotes, and Drassyllus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 44: 93-158. -- Show included taxa

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, C. (2020). How to deal with destroyed type material? The case of Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 22-29. doi: 10.30963/aramit5904 -- Show included taxa

Nicolosi, G., Pantini, P., Devincenzo, U., Guariento, L. A., Italiano, V., Zanca, L., Sarà, M. & Isaia, M. (2024). New data on spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the islands of the Strait of Sicily (Southern Italy) with taxonomic notes on Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) and eight new records for Europe. The European Zoological Journal 91(2): 1009-1034. doi: 10.1080/24750263.2024.2390869 -- 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

Platnick, N. I. & Murphy, J. A. (1996). A review of the zelotine ground spider genus Setaphis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 3162: 1-23. -- 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

Schmidt, G. (1973). Zur Spinnenfauna von Gran Canaria. Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 19: 347-391. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1906b). Diagnosen nordafrikanischer, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelter Spinnen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 30: 604-637, 655-690. -- Show included taxa

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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
2024-09-09 New taxonomic reference entry Nicolosi et al., 2024
2024-09-09 Species distribution update Nicolosi et al., 2024 Old value
2021-04-26 Species synonymy Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 Setaphis quadridentatus synonymized with Setaphis mollis
2021-04-26 New taxonomic reference entry Bosmans & Hervé, 2021
2021-04-26 Species synonymy Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 Setaphis quadridentatus synonymized with Setaphis mollis

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