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Genus: Modisimus Simon, 1893 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Modisimus simoni Huber, 1997

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003633

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Described:

Distribution: Venezuela

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (10529) - (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
Holotype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela m (105575 = MAGS 1405) of Modisimus minimus - (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
Paratype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela 1f (105575 = MAGS 1405) of Modisimus minimus - (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Modisimus simoni Huber, 1997a: 235, f. 5, 6A-B, 7 (Dm) Original description

Hedypsillus minimus González-Sponga, 2009a: 10, f. 5a-i (Dmf in generic junior synonym, lapsus in spelling of that name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042585]

Modisimus simoni Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 204, f. 719-720, 725-729 (m, Df, S of Modisimus minimus)

References

González-Sponga, M. A. (2009a). Arácnidos de Venezuela. Cuatro nuevos géneros y cinco especies nuevas de la familia Pholcidae (Araneae). Anartia 21: 1-16. -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (1997a). On the distinction between Modisimus and Hedypsilus (Araneae, Pholcidae), with notes on behavior and natural history. Zoologica Scripta 25(3, 1996): 233-240. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00164.x -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. & Villarreal, O. (2020). On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 718: 1-317. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2020-10-07	Species synonymy	Huber & Villarreal, 2020		Modisimus minimus synonymized with Modisimus simoni
2020-10-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber & Villarreal, 2020
2020-10-07	First description of female	Huber & Villarreal, 2020	Old value
2020-10-07	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Modisimus culicinus (Simon, 1893)
2017-07-28	New taxonomic reference entry	González-Sponga, 2010b
2017-07-28	First description of female	González-Sponga, 2010b	Old value