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Genus: Syspira Simon, 1895 | Family: Miturgidae Simon, 1886

Syspira longipes Simon, 1895

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023599

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Mexico

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: f (presumed lost) - (Valdez-Mondragón, Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2025)
Holotype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA f (1448) of Syspira eclectica - (Chamberlin, 1924b)
Paratype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA 2f 1jm of Syspira eclectica - (Chamberlin, 1924b)

Taxonomic References

Syspira longipes Simon, 1895e: 136 (Df) Original description

Syspira longipes Simon, 1897a: 127, f. 125-126

Syspira eclectica Chamberlin, 1924b: 664, f. 108 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023598]

Syspira eclectica Ramírez, 2014: 217, f. 145C, E-F, 175B (mf)

Syspira longipes Valdez-Mondragón, Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2025: 303, f. 1-30, 65-66 (Dm, f, S of Syspira eclectica)

References

Chamberlin, R. V. (1924b). The spider fauna of the shores and islands of the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 12: 561-694. -- Show included taxa

Ramírez, M. J. (2014). The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 390: 1-374. doi: 10.1206/821.1 (External link) -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895e). Descriptions de quelques arachnides de Basse-Californie faisant partie des collections du Dr Geo. Marx. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 20(5): 134-137. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-192. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Valdez-Mondragón, A., Jiménez, M. L. & Palacios-Cardiel, C. (2025). On the sympatric spiders from the Baja California Peninsula: descriptions of the males of Syspira longipes Simon and S. tigrina Simon (Araneae: Miturgidae), with new synonyms. Zootaxa 5722(3): 301-325. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.3.1 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-11-20	First description of male	Valdez-Mondragón, Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2025	Old value
2025-11-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Valdez-Mondragón, Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2025
2025-11-20	Species synonymy	Valdez-Mondragón, Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2025		Syspira eclectica synonymized with Syspira longipes