Archaraeoncus prospiciens (Thorell, 1875)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009452

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Described:

Distribution: Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia (Caucasus, Urals), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan, China


Type Repository Provide information
  • Lectotype: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (MCSNM), Milan, Italy m (23c) of Pocadicnemis desioi - (Tanasevitch, 2025b)
  • Paralectotype: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (MCSNM), Milan, Italy 1f (39b) of Pocadicnemis desioi - (Tanasevitch, 2025b)
Taxonomic References
Erigone prospiciens Thorell, 1875b: 57 (Dm) Original description
Erigone prospiciens Thorell, 1875c: 37 (Dm)
Araeoncus prospiciens Simon, 1884a: 643
Araeoncus prospiciens Kulczyński, 1915: 921, pl. 66, f. 32-35 (m)
Pocadicnemis desioi Caporiacco, 1935b: 181, pl. 1, f. 17 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012380]
Araeoncus prospiciens Millidge, 1977: 34, f. 127 (m)
Archaraeoncus prospiciens Tanasevitch, 1987a: 338, f. 70-72 (m, T from Araeoncus; f f. 73 see Microctenonyx subitaneus)
Araeoncus tianschanica Hu & Wu, 1989: 164, f. 135.1-4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060098]
Archaraeoncus prospiciens Tanasevitch, 1990: 103, f. 22.6, 24.31, 28.16 (mf)
Archaraeoncus tianschanicus Zhou & Luo, 1992: 10, f. a-i (m, Df, T from Araeoncus)
Archaraeoncus prospiciens Marusik, 1992: 95 (S of Archaraeoncus tianschanicus)
Archaraeoncus prospiciens Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 156, f. 86A-D (mf)
Archaraeoncus prospiciens Tanasevitch, 2008b: 476, f. 13-18 (mf)
Archaraeoncus prospiciens Danışman & Coşar, 2019c: 40, f. 1A-B, 2, 3A-B (m)
Archaraeoncus prospiciens Tanasevitch, 2025b: 115 (S of Pocadicnemis desioi)
Archaraeoncus prospiciens Seropian et al., 2025b: 74, f. 22-26 (m)
References

Caporiacco, L. di (1935b). Aracnidi dell'Himalaia e del Karakoram, raccolti dalla Missione italiana al Karakoram (1929-VII). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 13: 161-263, pl. 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Danışman, T. & Coşar, İ. (2019c). Occurrence of Archaraeoncus prospiciens (Thorell, 1875) (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in Turkey. Serket 17(1): 39-41. -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. L. & Wu, W. G. (1989). Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Shandong University Publishing House Jinan, 435 pp. -- Show included taxa

Kulczyński, W. (1915). Fragmenta arachnologica, XVIII. Bulletin International de l'Academie des Sciences de Cracovie 1915: 897-942, pl. 66. -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. (1992). [Review of] Hu, J. L., Wu W. G. Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, China. Arthropoda Selecta 1(2): 94-95. -- Show included taxa

Millidge, A. F. (1977). The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 1-60. -- Show included taxa

Seropian, A., Ninua, L., Rostiashvili, I., Bulbulashvili, N. & Makharadze, G. (2025b). New data on spiders (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae) of Georgia with description of a new species from Tegenaria lyncea group. Caucasiana 4: 65-80. doi: 10.3897/caucasiana.4.e162490 [[incl. Corrigendum. Caucasiana 4: 95-96. doi:10.3897/caucasiana.4.e171922]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1884a). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 180-885, pl. 26-27. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. (1987a). The linyphiid spiders of the Caucasus, USSR (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 67: 297-383. -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. (1990). The spider family Linyphiidae in the fauna of the Caucasus (Arachnida, Aranei). In: B. R. Striganova (ed.) Fauna nazemnykh bespozvonochnykh Kavkaza. Akademia Nauk, Moscow, pp. 5-114. -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2008b). On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) collected by A. Senglet in Iran in 1973-1975. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115(3): 471-490. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.80437 -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2025b). Revision of the linyphiid spider collection of di Caporiacco from Karakoram (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 104-120. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.1.09 -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1875b). Verzeichniss südrussischer Spinnen. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 11: 39-122. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1875c). Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 13(5): 1-204. -- Show included taxa

Zhou, N. L. & Luo, Z. X. (1992). A new generic record of Linyphiidae from China and the redescription of Archaraeoncus tianshanicus (Hu et Wu, 1989) n. comb. (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 1(1): 10-13. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-09-14 New taxonomic reference entry Seropian et al., 2025b
2025-09-14 Species distribution update Seropian et al., 2025b Old value
2025-03-27 Species distribution update Tanasevitch, 2025b Old value
2025-03-27 New taxonomic reference entry Tanasevitch, 2025b
2025-03-27 Species synonymy Tanasevitch, 2025b Archaraeoncus desioi synonymized with Archaraeoncus prospiciens
2021-12-10 Species distribution update Ponomarev et al., 2021 Old value
2019-11-11 New taxonomic reference entry Danışman & Coşar, 2019c
2019-11-11 Species distribution update Danışman & Coşar, 2019c Old value

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