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Genus: Steriphopus Simon, 1887 | Family: Palpimanidae Thorell, 1869

Steriphopus macleayi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka

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Syntype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK 6m 6f - (Benjamin, 2024c)

Taxonomic References

Pachypus macleayi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873d: 116, pl. 16, f. 2 (Dmf; generic name preoccupied) Original description

Steriphopus macleayi Simon, 1887a: 274

Steriphopus macleayi Zonstein & Marusik, 2023: 44, f. 9-10 (f)

Steriphopus macleayi Benjamin, 2024c: 10, f. 5A-F, 7C-D, 9E-F (m)

References

Benjamin, S. P. (2024c). Palp-footed spiders of Sri Lanka with descriptions of six new species (Araneae: Palpimanidae). ZooNova 40: 1-23. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14537225 -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1873d). On some new genera and species of Araneida. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 41(1): 112-129, pl. 12-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1873.tb00501.x -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1887a). Etudes arachnologiques. 19e Mémoire. XXVII. Arachnides recueillis à Assinie (Afrique occidentale) par MM. Chaper et Alluaud. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 7: 261-276. -- Show included taxa

Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2023). New data on the spider genus Steriphopus, with description of a new species from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 52: 41-50. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10435974 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2024-12-21	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon		Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Steriphopus ritigalensis Benjamin, 2024
2024-12-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Benjamin, 2024c
2024-01-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Zonstein & Marusik, 2023
2018-10-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Marusik & Zonstein, 2018