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Genus: Althepus Thorell, 1898 | Family: Psilodercidae Machado, 1951

Althepus leucosternum Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003131

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Described:

Distribution: Thailand

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland m (ARTO-0025602) - (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995d)
Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 1m 1f (ARTO-0025603) - (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995d)
Paratype: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BPBM), Honolulu, USA 2m 1f - (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995d)
Paratype: Christa Deeleman Private Collection, Netherlands 1m 1f - (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995d)

Taxonomic References

Althepus leucosternum Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995d: 69, f. 193-200 (Dmf) Original description

Althepus leucosternus Platnick, 1998: 184 (unjustified emendation)

References

Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1995d). The Ochyroceratidae of the Indo-Pacific region (Araneae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 2: 1-103. -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. (1998). Advances in spider taxonomy 1992-1995 with redescriptions 1940-1980. New York Entomological Society New York, 976 pp. [[1997 in impressum, but not available before 1998, see e.g. (in German) doi: 10.5431/aramit1711]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Platnick, 1998
2026-03-06	Species updated		Old value