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Genus: Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 | Family: Oonopidae Simon, 1890

Neoxyphinus termitophilus (Bristowe, 1938)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004859

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia, Brazil, Argentina

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Taxonomic References

Dysderina termitophila Bristowe, 1938c: 67, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description

Neoxyphinus ogloblini Birabén, 1953b: 454, f. 1-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004969]

Neoxyphinus ogloblini Burger, 2011b: 124, f. 1A-B, 3A-D, 4A-B (f)

Neoxyphinus termitophilus Abrahim et al., 2012: 32, f. 9, 25, 31-32, 36-37, 41, 49-51, 134-166 (mf, T from Dysderina, S of Neoxyphinus ogloblini)

Neoxyphinus termitophilus Luna-Sarmiento & Sabogal-González, 2023: 140, f. 5E-F (m)

References

Abrahim, N., Brescovit, A. D., Rheims, C. A., Santos, A. J., Ott, R. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2012). A revision of the Neotropical goblin spider genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3743: 1-75. doi: 10.1206/3743.2 -- Show included taxa

Birabén, M. (1953b). Neoxyphinus. Nuevo género de arañas de la familia Oonopidae. Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales 20: 453-458. -- Show included taxa

Bristowe, W. S. (1938c). Some new termitophilous spiders from Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11) 2(7): 67-73. doi: 10.1080/03745481.1938.9755439 -- Show included taxa

Burger, M. (2011b). Functional morphology of female goblin spider genitalia (Arachnida: Araneae: Oonopidae) with notes on fertilization in spiders. Zoologischer Anzeiger 250: 123-133. -- Show included taxa

Luna-Sarmiento, D. A. & Sabogal-González, A. (2023). Arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) de la cuenca alta y media del río Apaporis, en la región amazónica colombiana. Revista Colombiana Amazónica 13(2022): 130-145. [[not publ. before April 2023]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-09-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Luna-Sarmiento & Sabogal-González, 2023
2025-09-05	Species distribution update	Luna-Sarmiento & Sabogal-González, 2023	Old value