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Genus: Oedothorax Bertkau, 1883 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Oedothorax caporiaccoi Roewer, 1942

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012078

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Described: j

Distribution: India (Karakorum)

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Syntype: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (MCSNM), Milan, Italy 1jf 1j (4a, 180d) - (Tanasevitch, 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Oedothorax dubius Caporiacco, 1935b: 171, pl. 1, f. 23 (Dm; preoccupied by Schenkel, 1929, see Sciastes carli) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06041]

Oedothorax caporiaccoi Roewer, 1942a: 640 (replacement name) Original description

'Oedothorax' caporiaccoi Lin, Lopardo & Uhl, 2022: 542 (incertae sedis)

Oedothorax caporiaccoi Tanasevitch, 2025b: 119 (types are juvenile, not identifiable, nomen dubium)

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

Lin, S. W., Lopardo, L. & Uhl, G. (2022). Evolution of nuptial-gift-related male prosomal structures: taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Oedothorax (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(2): 417-584, suppl. figs S1-S5. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab033 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy Bremen, 1040 pp. -- 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

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-03-27	Taxon is nomen dubium	Tanasevitch, 2025b		Oedothorax caporiaccoi Roewer, 1942 declared a nomen dubium
2025-03-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Tanasevitch, 2025b
2022-06-02	Species updated	Caporiacco, 1935b	Old value	Status: Synonym
2022-06-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Lin, Lopardo & Uhl, 2022