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Genus: Eusparassus Simon, 1903 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Eusparassus vestigator (Simon, 1897)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029356

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Described:

Distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania

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Syntype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy Eusparassus rufobrunneus Caporiacco, 1941; 2m -
Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK Sparassus vestigator Simon, 1897, (97.11.10.56); m -

Taxonomic References

Sparassus vestigator Simon, 1897f: 389 (Dm) Original description

Eusparassus rufobrunneus Caporiacco, 1941b: 125, f. 40 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028814]

Olios vestigator Roewer, 1955c: 697

Eusparassus vestigator Moradmand, 2013: 44, f. 25a-e, 26a-d, 52a-d, 63a-b (m, Df, T from Olios, S of Eusparassus rufobrunneus)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1941b). Arachnida (esc. Acarina). Araneae. Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo, Reale Accademia d’Italia, Roma 12(Zoologia 6): 46-175. -- Show included taxa

Moradmand, M. (2013). The stone huntsman spider genus Eusparassus (Araneae: Sparassidae): systematics and zoogeography with revision of the African and Arabian species. Zootaxa 3675: 1-108. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3675.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897f). Araneae. In: Smith, A. D. (ed.) Through unknown African countries. The first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu. Edward Arnold, London, New York, pp. 386-391. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.12496 -- Show included taxa

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