Prodidomus amaranthinus (Lucas, 1846)

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Described:

Distribution: Mediterranean


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Taxonomic References
Enyo amaranthina Lucas, 1846: 231, pl. 14, f. 7 (Df) Original description
Clotho amaranthinus Walckenaer, 1847a: 454
Miltia amaranthina Simon, 1870a: 148
Miltia amaranthina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 218 (Dm)
Miltia diversa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 219 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058607]
Miltia letourneuxi Simon, 1880e: 56 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058609]
Prodidomus amaranthinus Simon, 1892b: 80
Prodidomus letourneuxi Simon, 1907e: 3
Prodidomus amaranthinus Dalmas, 1919a: 301, f. 1, 6, 8, 18, 22 (mf)
Prodidomus diversus Dalmas, 1919a: 303
Prodidomus letourneuxi Dalmas, 1919a: 304, f. 9-10 (Dmf)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Cooke, 1964: 267, f. 3-4, 8, 27 (mf, S of Prodidomus diversus and P. letourneuxi)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Pérez & Blasco, 1986: 156, f. 1-6 (mf)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Topçu & Türkes, 2010: 425, f. 1-3 (mf)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Kunt et al., 2012: 644, f. 10a-e (f)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Martín & Adame, 2024: 151, f. 7A-B (f)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 142, f. 86A-F (m)
Prodidomus amaranthinus Seyyar & Demir, 2025: 433, f. 2A-B, 3A-D (mf)
References

Cooke, J. A. L. (1964). A revisionary study of some spiders of the rare family Prodidomidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 142(2): 257-305. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1964.tb04625.x -- Show included taxa

Dalmas, R. de (1919a). Synopsis des araignées de la famille des Prodidomidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 87: 279-340. [(N.B.: pp. 279-289 published in 1918, remainder, including all systematic changes, published in 1919)] -- Show included taxa

Kunt, K. B., Kaya, R. S., Özkütük, R. S., Danışman, T., Yağmur, E. A. & Elverici, M. (2012). Additional notes on the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 36(5): 637-651. doi: 10.3906/zoo-1008-8 -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1846). Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 publiée par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission académique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie 1, 89-271, pl. 1-17. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.112444 -- Show included taxa

Martín, D. F. & Adame, F. R. (2024). Nuevas adiciones a la fauna aracnológica de Andalucía. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 45: 150-166. -- Show included taxa

Pérez P., J. A. & Blasco, A. (1986). Nota sobre los Prodidominae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) de la Península Ibérica. Mémoires de la Société Royal Belge d'Entomologie 33: 155-164. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1872). General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 40(1): 212-354, pl. 13-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1872.tb00489.x -- Show included taxa

Seyyar, O. & Demir, H. (2025). New locality record of Prodidomus amaranthinus (Lucas, 1846) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Türkiye. Serket 20(4): 432-434. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1870a). Sur les aranéides de la famille des Enydes qui habitent l'Espagne et le Maroc. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2) 22: 51-54, 97-103, 142-148. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1880e). Description de Diotima hirsutissima, capture d'Araignées d'Alexandrie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 10(Bull.): 54-56. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1892b). Liste des arachnides recueillis en Syrie par M. le Dr Barrois. Revue Biologique du Nord de la France 5: 80-84. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1907e). Arachnides recueillis en Egypte et le long du Nil Blanc par la Mission zoologique suedoise, 1901. In: Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile 1901 under the Direction of L. A. Jägerskiöld. Part III. 21 (37). Uppsala, 10 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.21727 -- Show included taxa

Topçu, A. & Türkeş, T. (2010). The first record of the family Prodidomidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 34: 425-427. -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1847a). Dernier Supplément. In: Walckenaer, C. A. & Gervais, P. (eds.) Histoire naturelles des Insects. Aptères. Tome quatrième. Roret, Paris, pp. 365-596 [Araneae: -564]. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-05-19 New taxonomic reference entry Seyyar & Demir, 2025
2025-04-07 New taxonomic reference entry Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025
2024-12-27 New taxonomic reference entry Martín & Adame, 2024

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