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Genus: Idiops Perty, 1833 | Family: Idiopidae Simon, 1889

Idiops argus Simon, 1889

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000715

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Described:

Distribution: Venezuela

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (AR 15046) - (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021)
Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2f 1j (AR 4169); N.B.: the later designation of a lectotype out of these by Fonseca-Ferreira et al., 2021 is not valid (ICZN Article 74.1.1) - (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (AR 882) of Idiops fulvipes, subadult per Fonseca-Ferreira et al., 2021 - (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021)

Taxonomic References

Idiops argus Simon, 1889m: 180 (Df) Original description

Idiops argus Dupérré & Tapia, 2021: 272, f. 14A-D (f)

Idiops argus Fonseca-Ferreira et al., 2021: 15, f. 9A-B (f, S of Idiops fulvipes [revalidated by Dupérré & Tapia, 2025c: 47])

References

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2021). The endless search for type specimens; illustrations of eleven spider (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) species described by Eugène Simon. Zootaxa 4951(2): 259-282. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.2.3 -- Show included taxa

Fonseca-Ferreira, R., Guadanucci, J. P. L., Yamamoto, F. U. & Brescovit, A. D. (2021). Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical spiders of the genus Idiops Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Idiopidae), with description of four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 780: 1-71. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2021.780.1581 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1889m). Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887–Avril 1888). 4e Mémoire. Arachnides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 9: 169-220, pl. 12-13. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2025-07-06	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon		Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Idiops fulvipes Simon, 1889
2025-07-06	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon		Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Idiops fulvipes Simon, 1889
2021-11-26	Species synonymy	Fonseca-Ferreira et al., 2021	Idiops fulvipes synonymized with Idiops argus
2021-11-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Fonseca-Ferreira et al., 2021
2021-04-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Dupérré & Tapia, 2021