Trichothyse zuluensis (Lawrence, 1938)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028095

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho

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Taxonomic References
Xerophaeus zuluensis Lawrence, 1938a: 479, f. 14 (Df) Original description
Xerophaeus zuluensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021D: 63, 4 f. (f)
Trichothyse zuluensis Sankaran, Haddad & Tripathi, 2025: 53, f. 4, 8, 13, 19, 64-75 (Dmf, T from Xerophaeus)
References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021D). The Gnaphosidae of South Africa. Part 3 (T-X). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 65 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7197741 -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1938a). A collection of spiders from Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 8: 455-524. -- 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
2025-01-31 Species transferred to new genus Sankaran, Haddad & Tripathi, 2025 Species transferred from Xerophaeus to Trichothyse
2025-01-31 First description of male Sankaran, Haddad & Tripathi, 2025 Old value
2023-02-27 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021D
2023-02-27 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021D Old value

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