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Genus: Dolomedes Latreille, 1804 | Family: Dolomedidae Simon, 1876

Dolomedes boiei (Doleschall, 1859)

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019587

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java)

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Syntype: ff (depository unknown) - (Sankaran & Kadam, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Lycosa (Tarentuloides) boiei Doleschall, 1859: 7, pl. 14, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Tarentuloides boiei Karsch, 1892: 297

Dolomedes boiei Simon, 1898a: 309

Dolomedes boiei Sankaran & Kadam, 2025: 265, f. 25-29 (j, type not traceable, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)

References

Doleschall, L. (1859). Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5(5): 1-60, pl. 1-17. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1892). Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 36(2, 1891): 267-310, pl. 10-12. [[published mid March 1892]] -- Show included taxa

Sankaran, P. M. & Kadam, G. (2025). On the spider family Dolomedidae Simon, 1876 in India and Sri Lanka (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5594(2): 258-268. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.2.2 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1898a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 193-380. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-02-28	Taxon is nomen dubium	Sankaran & Kadam, 2025		Dolomedes boiei (Doleschall, 1859) declared a nomen dubium
2025-02-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Sankaran & Kadam, 2025