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Genus: Mecopisthes Simon, 1926 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Mecopisthes pictonicus Denis, 1950

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

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Described:

Distribution: France

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Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (lost) - (Lecigne et al., 2022)

Taxonomic References

Mecopisthes pictonicus Denis, 1950a: 254, f. 3-4 (Df) Original description

Mecopisthes silus Denis, 1964d: 244 (S, rejected)

Mecopisthes pictonicus Millidge, 1978a: 113 (possible senior synonym of M. peusi)

Mecopisthes pictonicus Lecigne et al., 2022: 15 (nomen dubium)

References

Denis, J. (1950a). Notes sur les érigonides. XVII. Additions et rectifications au tableau de détermination des femelles. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 84(3/4, 1949): 245-257. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1964d). Eléments d'une faune arachnologique de Vendée. Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Bretagne 37: 225-255. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Courtial, C., Danflous, S., Déjean, S., Guerbaa, K., Jacquet, C., Montagne, D., Montardi, Y. & Villepoux, O. (2022). De araneis Galliae IV, actualisation du référentiel des araignées de France - troisième note. Révision du statut de certaines espèces de la faune de France. Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 6: 4-38. -- Show included taxa

Millidge, A. F. (1978a). The genera Mecopisthes Simon and Hypsocephalus n.gen. and their phylogenetic relationships (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4(3, 1977): 113-123. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-01-21	Taxon is nomen dubium	Lecigne et al., 2022		Mecopisthes pictonicus Denis, 1950 declared a nomen dubium
2022-01-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne et al., 2022
2014-08-27	Species updated	Déjean, Danflous & Bosmans, 2014	Old value	Author corrected