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Genus: Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 | Family: Pisauridae Simon, 1890

Nilus majungensis (Strand, 1907)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019799

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Described:

Distribution: Mayotte, Madagascar

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Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Thalassius majungensis Strand, 1906, (19518) -

Taxonomic References

Thalassius majungensis Strand, 1907d: 741 (Dj) Original description

Thalassius majungensis Roewer, 1955b: 328, f. 135 (f)

Thalassius majungensis Sierwald, 1984: 409, f. 2-4a (f)

Nilus majungensis Jäger, 2011: 4 (T from Thalassius)

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

Roewer, C. F. (1955b). Araneae Lycosaeformia I. (Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Pisauridae) mit Berücksichtigung aller Arten der äthiopischen Region. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 30: 1-420. -- Show included taxa

Sierwald, P. (1984). Madagassische Arten der Gattung Thalassius Simon, 1885 (Arachnida: Araneae: Pisauridae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 27: 405-416. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907d). Diagnosen neuer Spinnen aus Madagaskar und Sansibar. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 725-748. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2019-01-05	Species distribution update	Roger, 2018	Old value