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

Dolomedes karschi Strand, 1913

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019619

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka

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Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany m (4847-137) - (Sankaran & Kadam, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Dolomedes karschi Strand, 1913d: 121 (Dm) Original description

Dolomedes karschi Sankaran & Kadam, 2025: 259, f. 3-9 (m)

References

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

Strand, E. (1913d). Neue indoaustralische und polynesische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79(A6): 113-123. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-02-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Sankaran & Kadam, 2025