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Genus: Agalenocosa Mello-Leitão, 1944 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Agalenocosa bryantae (Roewer, 1951)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017204

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Described:

Distribution: Turks & Caicos, Hispaniola

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f - (Bryant, 1948b)
Allotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m - (Bryant, 1948b)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 3m 12f - (Bryant, 1948b)

Taxonomic References

Lycosa festina Bryant, 1948b: 354, pl. 2, f. 11, pl. 3, f. 22 (Dmf; preoccupied by L. Koch, 1877, see Geolycosa festina) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064000]

Trochosa bryantae Roewer, 1951: 442 (replacement name) Original description

Agalenoscosa bryantae Roewer, 1955c: 200 (lapsus, T from Trochosa)

Agalenocosa bryantae Piacentini, 2014: 4 (incertae sedis, misplaced in this genus)

References

Bryant, E. B. (1948b). The spiders of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 100: 329-447. -- Show included taxa

Piacentini, L. N. (2014). A taxonomic review of the wolf spider genus Agalenocosa Mello-Leitão (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zootaxa 3790(1): 1-35. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1951). Neue Namen einiger Araneen-Arten. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen 32: 437-456. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-12-07	Species distribution update		Old value
2014-08-04	Taxonomic reference update	Piacentini, 2014	Old value