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Genus: Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Walckenaeria nigeriensis Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013345

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Described:

Distribution: Nigeria, DR Congo, Kenya

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (1979.7.26.4) - (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980)
Holotype: Zoological Museum of Uppsala University (ZMUU/UUZM), Uppsala, Sweden m (233) of Walckenaeria macrops - (Holm, 1984)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 2f - (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980)
Paratype: Zoological Museum of Uppsala University (ZMUU/UUZM), Uppsala, Sweden 2m (42, 81) of Walckenaeria macrops - (Holm, 1984)
Allotype: Zoological Museum of Uppsala University (ZMUU/UUZM), Uppsala, Sweden f (233) of Walckenaeria macrops [N.B.: mismatched per Bosmans, 1988] - (Holm, 1984)

Taxonomic References

Walckenaeria nigeriensis Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980: 69, f. 47 (Df) Original description

Walckenaeria macrops Holm, 1984: 149, f. 6, 85-93 (Dmf; f is mismatched, see Bosmans, 1988: 25) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059982]

Walckenaeria nigeriensis Bosmans, 1988: 25, f. 10a-g (mf, Sm of Walckenaeria macrops)

References

Bosmans, R. (1988). Scientific report of the Belgian Cameroon expeditions 1981 and 1983. No. 18. Further Erigoninae and Mynogleninae (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Cameroonian highlands. Revue Zoologique Africaine 102: 5-32. -- Show included taxa

Holm, Å. (1984). The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part II. The genus Walckenaeria Blackwall (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zoologica Scripta 13(2): 135-153. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1984.tb00030.x -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H. & Russell-Smith, A. (1980). Spiders of the family Linyphiidae from Nigeria. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5(2): 54-90. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-02-15	Species distribution update	Holm, 1984	Old value