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Genus: Arctosa C. L. Koch, 1847 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Arctosa atroventrosa (Lenz, 1886)

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017548

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Described: j

Distribution: Madagascar

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Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany jf (2264) - (Sherwood & Jäger, 2024)

Taxonomic References

Lycosa atroventrosa Lenz, 1886: 401, pl. 10, f. 11 (Df; called Lycosa melanogaster in heading, which is preoccupied by Latreille, 1817 [see Lycosa tarantula] and Hahn, 1831 [see Alopecosa fabrilis], but this name used in legend and available) Original description

Tarentula melanogaster Strand, 1916b: 79

Hogna lenzi Roewer, 1951: 440 (replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061031]

Arctosa lenzi Roewer, 1955c: 229

Arctosa atroventrosa Roewer, 1960d: 645, f. 363a-b (f, S of Arctosa lenzi)

Arctosa atroventrosa Sherwood & Jäger, 2024: 2, f. 1A-C (j, nomen dubium, type is immature)

References

Lenz, H. (1886). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Spinnenfauna Madagascars. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Zeitschrift für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 1(2): 379-408, pl. 10. -- 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

Roewer, C. F. (1960d). Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 55: 519-1040. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. & Jäger, P. (2024). Identity check: documenting the type specimens of historical Malagasy wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Naturais 19(3, e2024-1043): 1-10. doi: 10.46357/bcnaturais.v19i3.1043 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1916b). Systematische-faunistische Studien über paläarktische, afrikanische und amerikanische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 81(A9): 1-153. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-12-31	Taxon is nomen dubium	Sherwood & Jäger, 2024		Arctosa atroventrosa (Lenz, 1886) declared a nomen dubium
2024-12-31	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood & Jäger, 2024