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Genus: Architis Simon, 1898 | Family: Pisauridae Simon, 1890

Architis amazonica (Simon, 1898)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019729

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Described: j

Distribution: Brazil

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Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Nilus amazonicus Simon, 1898f: 17 (Dj) Original description

Architis amazonica Jäger, 2011: 7, f. 16-17 (Tj from Nilus)

Architis amazonica Sherwood, 2024b: 211 (immature, species inquirenda)

References

Jäger, P. (2011). Revision of the spider genera Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876, Sphedanus Thorell 1877 and Dendrolycosa Doleschall 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae). Zootaxa 3046: 1-38. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3046.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1898f). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux des familles des Agelenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae et Oxyopidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 42: 5-34. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b