Gelanor zonatus (C. L. Koch, 1845)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005719

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico to Uruguay

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Neotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina m (Ar 47317) - (Benavides & Hormiga, 2016)
Taxonomic References
Galena zonata C. L. Koch, 1845: 105, f. 1032 (Dm) Original description
Galena zonata Blackwall, 1863a: 39 (Df)
Gelanor zonatus Thorell, 1869: 69
Galena dicta Taczanowski, 1874: 113, pl. 2, f. 11 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063794]
Galena picta Taczanowski, 1874: 115 (lapsus)
Gelanor zonatus Simon, 1878h: 167 (S of Galena dicta)
Gelanor zonatus Keyserling, 1893: 368, pl. 19, f. 275 (mf)
Gelanor zonatus Simon, 1895a: 947, f. 1012, 1018 (mf)
Gelanor distinctus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 304 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005706]
Gelanor errans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902: 305 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063795]
Galena distincta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 412, pl. 39, f. 8 (f, S of Gelanor errans)
Gelanor insularis Mello-Leitão, 1929b: 562, pl. 4, f. 24 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005710]
Gelanor obscurus Mello-Leitão, 1929b: 563, pl. 5, f. 32 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005716]
Gelanor zonatus Mello-Leitão, 1929b: 560, pl. 4, f. 22, 25, pl. 6, f. 34-35 (mf)
Gelanor distinctus Chickering, 1947b: 224, f. 1-3 (mf)
Gelanor lata Shear, 1981: 258, f. 1-4 (m; misidentified per Benavides & Hormiga, 2016: 59)
Gelanor latus Heimer, 1986: 115, f. 2-3 (mf; misidentified per Benavides & Hormiga, 2016: 59)
Gelanor zonatus Benavides & Hormiga, 2016: 59, f. 49A-K, 50A-E, 51A-I, 52A-F, 53A-I, 54A-F, 55A-N, 56A-J (mf, S of Gelanor distinctus, G. insularis and G. obscurus)
Gelanor zonatus Rodrigues, Buckup & Brescovit, 2016: 9, f. 40-44, 73-90 (mf)
References

Benavides, L. R. & Hormiga, G. (2016). Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical pirate spiders of the genus Gelanor Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 4046(1): 1-72. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4064.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Blackwall, J. (1863a). Description of newly discovered spiders captured in Rio de Janeiro, by John Gray and the Rev. Hamlet Clark (continued). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 11(61): 29-45. doi: 10.1080/00222936308681375 -- Show included taxa

Chickering, A. M. (1947b). The Mimetidae (Araneae) of Panama. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 66(3): 221-248. doi: 10.2307/3223388 -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. (1986). Notes on the spider family Mimetidae with description of a new genus from Australia (Arachnida, Araneae). Entomologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 49: 113-137. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1893). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. 4. Band. II. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, pp. 209-377, pl. 10-19. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1845). Die Arachniden. Zwölfter Band. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, pp. 1-166, pl. 397-432 (f. 960-1077). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929b). Mimetideos do Brasil. Revista do Museu Paulista 16: 537-568. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1899a). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 289-304. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1902a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 313-424. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1902). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 305-316. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Rodrigues, E. N. L., Buckup, E. H. & Brescovit, A. D. (2016). New species, new records, and a key to the Brazilian species of Gelanor (Araneae: Mimetidae). Zoologia (Curitiba) 33(4, e20160034): 1-14. doi: 10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20160034 -- Show included taxa

Shear, W. A. (1981). Structure of the male palpal organ in Mimetus, Ero, and Gelanor (Araneoidea, Mimetidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 257-262. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1878h). Note synonymique sur deux araignées de la famille des Epeiridae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 8(Bull.): 167-168. -- Show included taxa

Taczanowski, L. (1874). Les aranéides de la Guyane française. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 10: 56-115, pl. 2. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1869). On European spiders. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature [first part]. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (3) 7(I, 5): 1-108. [[incl. pp. 109-242 from 1870]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2016-12-20 New taxonomic reference entry Rodrigues, Buckup & Brescovit, 2016
2016-01-27 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 Old value
2016-01-27 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 Old value
2016-01-27 New taxonomic reference entry Benavides & Hormiga, 2016
2016-01-27 Species distribution update Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 Old value
2016-01-27 Species synonymy Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 Gelanor obscurus synonymized with Gelanor zonatus
2016-01-27 Species synonymy Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 Gelanor insularis synonymized with Gelanor zonatus
2016-01-27 Species synonymy Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 Gelanor distinctus synonymized with Gelanor zonatus

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