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Genus: Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Synaphosus trichopus (Roewer, 1928)

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Distribution: Greece (incl. Crete), Cyprus, Turkey

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Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany f (9900597 = CR 591/41) - (Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2002b)

Taxonomic References

Zelotes trichopus Roewer, 1928b: 110, pl. 1, f. 15 (Df) Original description

Synaphosus trichopus Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2002b: 623, f. 53-54, 59-60 (Dm, f, T from Zelotes)

Synaphosus trichopus Danışman et al., 2020: 130, f. 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A-B (m)

References

Chatzaki, M., Thaler, K. & Mylonas, M. (2002b). Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) of Crete and adjacent areas of Greece. Taxonomy and distribution. II. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109(3): 603-633. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.79612 -- Show included taxa

Danışman, T., Mamay, M., Coşar, İ. & Sabuncu, Y. (2020). Taxonomic notes on genus Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Turkey. Serket 17(2): 127-132. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1928b). Araneae. In: Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta. II. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen 27(1): 92-124, pl. 1-2. -- 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
2020-05-03	Species distribution update	Bosmans et al., 2019b	Old value
2020-05-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Danışman et al., 2020
2020-05-03	Species distribution update	Danışman et al., 2020	Old value