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Genus: Diapontia Keyserling, 1877 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1877

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017740

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (2010-19) - (Piacentini et al., 2017)
Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina m (16025) of Diapontia pourtaleensis - (Piacentini et al., 2017)
Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina f (16030) of Diapontia senescens - (Piacentini et al., 2017)
Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina f (14675) of Diapontia albopunctata - (Piacentini et al., 2017)
Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina f (14676) of Diapontia infausta - (Piacentini et al., 2017)
Paratype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) 1f 1j (00928, survived the fire 2018; not mentioned in the original description, no type status?) of Diapontia infausta -

Taxonomic References

Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1877a: 675, pl. 8, f. 48 (Df) Original description

Diapontia uruguayensis Keyserling, 1891: 257, pl. 10, f. 193 (Dm)

Lycosa uruguayensis Simon, 1898a: 347

Tarentula uruguayensis Strand, 1908e: 255

Diapontia albopunctata Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 123, f. 20, pl. 4, f. 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019272]

Diapontia infausta Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 124, f. 21, pl. 4, f. 16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019306]

Diapontia pourtaleensis Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 341, f. 30 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017737]

Diapontia senescens Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 342, f. 31 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017739]

Trochosa albopunctata Roewer, 1955c: 301

Trochosa infausta Roewer, 1955c: 301

Diapontia uruguayensis Piacentini et al., 2017: 395, f. 4A-E, 5A, D, 6A, E, 7A-J, 10A-B, G-H, 11D (mf, S of D. albopunctata, D. pourtaleensis, D. senescens and Trochosa/D. infausta)

References

Keyserling, E. (1877a). Ueber amerikanische Spinnenarten der Unterordnung Citigradae. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 26: 609-708, pl. 7-8. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1891). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Brasilianische Spinnen. Dritter Band. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 278 pp, 10 pls. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1941d). Las arañas de Córdoba, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta y Jujuy colectadas por los Profesores Birabén. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 2: 99-198. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1944b). Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 3: 311-393. -- Show included taxa

Piacentini, L. N., Scioscia, C. L., Carbajal, M. N., Ott, R., Brescovit, A. D. & Ramírez, M. J. (2017). A revision of the wolf spider genus Diapontia Keyserling, and the relationships of the subfamily Sosippinae (Araneae: Lycosidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 75(3): 387-415 & Suppl. 1+2. -- 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

Simon, E. (1898a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 193-380. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1908e). Exotisch-araneologisches. I. Amerikanische, hauptsächlich in Peru, Bolivien und Josemitetal in Californien gesammelte Spinnen. II. Spinnen aus Kamerun. III. Übersicht der bekannten Hysterocrates-Arten. IV. Zur Kenntnis der Aranea rufipalpis (Luc.). Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 61: 223-295. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-04-10	Type repository inserted	Piacentini et al., 2017
2018-01-01	Species synonymy	Piacentini et al., 2017		Diapontia pourtaleensis synonymized with Diapontia uruguayensis
2018-01-01	Species synonymy	Piacentini et al., 2017		Diapontia senescens synonymized with Diapontia uruguayensis
2018-01-01	Species synonymy	Piacentini et al., 2017		Diapontia albopunctata synonymized with Diapontia uruguayensis
2018-01-01	Species synonymy	Piacentini et al., 2017		Diapontia infausta synonymized with Diapontia uruguayensis
2018-01-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Piacentini et al., 2017
2018-01-01	Species distribution update	Piacentini et al., 2017	Old value