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Genus: Trichothyse Tucker, 1923 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Trichothyse subtropica Lawrence, 1927

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028042

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC), South Africa f (B6143) - (Sankaran, Haddad & Tripathi, 2025)
Paralectotype: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC), South Africa 1f (B6143) - (Sankaran, Haddad & Tripathi, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Trichothyse subtropica Lawrence, 1927: 15, pl. 1, f. 15 (Df) Original description

Trichothyse subtropica Sankaran, Haddad & Tripathi, 2025: 52, f. 12, 18, 58–63 (f)

References

Lawrence, R. F. (1927). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa V. Arachnida. Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 1-75, pl. 1-4. -- Show included taxa

Sankaran, P. M., Haddad, C. R. & Tripathi, R. (2025). A review of the ground spider genus Trichothyse Tucker, 1923 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5583(1): 39-70. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.1.2 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-31	New taxonomic reference entry	Sankaran, Haddad & Tripathi, 2025