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Genus: Tibellus Simon, 1875 | Family: Philodromidae Thorell, 1869

Tibellus orientis Efimik, 1999

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030108

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Described:

Distribution: Russia (South Siberia, Far East), China

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Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester (MMUE/MMUM), Manchester, United Kingdom 1m 1f (G7718.1-2, ex ISEA) - (Logunov, 2025b)
Holotype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia m - (Logunov, 2025b)
Paratype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia 1f - (Logunov, 2025b)
Paratype: Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (ISEA), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia 1m 9f - (Logunov, 2025b)
Paratype: Zoological Department, Perm State University (PSU), Perm, Russia 3m 3f - (Logunov, 2025b)
Paratype: University of Turku Zoological Museum (MZT/ZMUT), Turku, Finland 1m 1f - (Logunov, 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Tibellus tenellus Song, 1987: 272, f. 229 (mf; misidentified per Efimik, 1999: 121)

Tibellus tenellus Song & Zhu, 1997: 212, f. 153A-C (mf; misidentified per Efimik, 1999: 121)

Tibellus orientus Efimik, 1999: 121, f. 17, 21-22, 36, 43, 53, 84-91 (Dmf; oriental [as given in the derivatio nominis] is in Latin oriens/orientis) Original description

Tibellus orientis Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 433, f. 311A-C (mf)

Tibellus orientus Yin et al., 2012: 1253, f. 674a-b (mf)

Tibellus orientis Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 275, f. 206A-C (f)

References

Efimik, V. E. (1999). A review of the spider genus Tibellus Simon, 1875 of the East Palearctic (Aranei: Philodromidae). Arthropoda Selecta 8(2): 103-124. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (1987). Spiders from agricultural regions of China (Arachnida: Araneae). Agriculture Publishing House Beijing, 376 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. & Zhu, M. S. (1997). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae. Science Press, Beijing, 259 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press Changsha, 1590 pp. -- Show included taxa

Zhang, F., Peng, J. Y. & Zhang, B. S. (2022). Spiders of Mt. Xiaowutai. Science Press, Beijing, 387 pp. [[pdf in three parts]] -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. & Zhang, B. S. (2011). Spider Fauna of Henan: Arachnida: Araneae. Science Press, Beijing, 558 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-11-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022