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Genus: Masirana Kishida, 1942 | Family: Leptonetidae Simon, 1890

Masirana akahanei Komatsu, 1963

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003039

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: m (deposition not specified) - (Komatsu, 1963b)

Taxonomic References

Masirana akahanei Komatsu, 1963b: 22, pl. VI, f. 6-10 (Dm) Original description

Masirana akahanei Deeleman-Reinhold, 1971a: 297, f. 3d, 4c (m)

Masirana akahanei Komatsu, 1974b: 27, f. 28 (m)

Masirana akahanei Irie & Ono, 2009: 117, f. 92-93 (m)

References

Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1971a). A new species of Sulcia Kratochvil (Araneida, Leptonetidae) from Greece, and a discussion of some Japanese cavernicolous Leptonetidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 45: 289-301. -- Show included taxa

Irie, T. & Ono, H. (2009). Leptonetidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 113-120. -- Show included taxa

Komatsu, T. (1963b). Three new cave spiders of genera Gamasomorpha and Masirana from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 18(2): 21-26. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.18.21 -- Show included taxa

Komatsu, T. (1974b). Leptonetid spiders in Akiyoshi-dai Plateau. Bulletin of the Akiyoshi-dai Museum of Natural History 10: 17-30. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-30	Type repository inserted	Komatsu, 1963b