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Genus: Stictonanus Millidge, 1991 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Stictonanus fernandezi (Berland, 1924)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011165

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Described:

Distribution: Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden f - (Hormiga, Lavery & Arnedo, 2025)
Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f of Malkinia melanocephala - (Hormiga, Lavery & Arnedo, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Lepthyphantes fernandezi Berland, 1924b: 427, f. 7-8 (Df) Original description

Malkinia melanocephala Millidge, 1991: 131, f. 531-532 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011493]

Juanfernandezia melanocephala Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3 (T from Malkinia)

Stictonanus fernandezi Hormiga, Lavery & Arnedo, 2025: 6, f. 1a-b, 6a-b, 7a-b, 12a-e, 13a-e, 16a-f, 17a-h, 18a-e, 19a-d, 20a-f (Dm, f, T from Lepthyphantes, S of Juanfernandezia melanocephala)

References

Berland, L. (1924b). Araignées de l'ile de Pàques et des iles Juan Fernandez. In: The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. Vol. 3(3), 419-437. -- Show included taxa

Hormiga, G., Lavery, A. H. & Arnedo, M. A. (2025). The spider genus Stictonanus Millidge, 1991 in the Juan Fernandez archipelago (Araneae, Linyphiidae): systematics and biogeography. Invertebrate Systematics 39(11, IS25046): 1-28. doi: 10.1071/IS25046 -- Show included taxa

Koçak, A. Ö. & Kemal, M. (2008a). New synonyms and replacement names in the genus group taxa of Araneida. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers 139-140: 1-4. -- Show included taxa

Millidge, A. F. (1991). Further linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from South America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 205: 1-199. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-11-07	Species synonymy	Hormiga, Lavery & Arnedo, 2025		Stictonanus melanocephalus synonymized with Stictonanus fernandezi
2025-11-07	First description of male	Hormiga, Lavery & Arnedo, 2025	Old value
2025-11-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Hormiga, Lavery & Arnedo, 2025
2025-11-07	Species transferred to new genus	Hormiga, Lavery & Arnedo, 2025		Species transferred from Lepthyphantes to Stictonanus