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Genus: Smeringopus Simon, 1890 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Smeringopus peregrinoides Kraus, 1957

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003883

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Described:

Distribution: DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania

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Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 4m 2f (ARTO 25767-25769) - (Huber, 2012)
Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany m (9907771) - (Huber, 2012)
Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany 4m 2f (9808, 9812, 9911726) - (Huber, 2012)

Taxonomic References

Smeringopus peregrinus Lessert, 1915a: 5, pl. 1, f. 3 (mf; misidentified per Kraus, 1957: 224)

Smeringopus peregrinoides Kraus, 1957: 224, f. 17-22 (Dmf) Original description

Smeringopus peregrinoides Huber, 2012: 100, f. 560-561, 574-575, 594-595, 626-646 (Dmf)

References

Huber, B. A. (2012). Revision and cladistic analysis of the Afrotropical endemic genus Smeringopus Simon, 1890 (Araneae: Pholcidae). Zootaxa 3461: 1-138. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3461.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Kraus, O. (1957). Araneenstudien 1. Pholcidae (Smeringopodinae, Ninetinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 38(3/4): 217-243. -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1915a). Arachnides de l'Ouganda et de l'Afrique orientale allemande. Voyage du Dr J. Carl dans la région des lacs de l'Afrique centrale. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 23(1): 1-89, pl. 1-3. -- Show included taxa

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