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Genus: Leucorchestris Lawrence, 1962 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence, 1962

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029067

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum) (TMSA), Pretoria, South Africa j (9290) - (Nørgaard, Henschel & Jäger, 2008)
Holotype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa m (8847) of Leucorchestris kochi - (Nørgaard, Henschel & Jäger, 2008)

Taxonomic References

Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence, 1962: 203, f. 2a, 3a, d, g, pl. XLII (Dj) Original description

Leucorchestris kochi Lawrence, 1965: 6, f. 3d-e (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029069]

Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence, 1966: 9, f. 1c (Df)

Leucorchestris arenicola Nørgaard, Henschel & Jäger, 2008: 42, f. 1-10 (f, Sm)

References

Lawrence, R. F. (1962). Spiders of the Namib desert. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 24: 197-211. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1965). New and little known Arachnida from the Namib desert, S.W. Africa. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 27: 1-12. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1966). New dune spiders (Sparassidae) from the Namib desert, South West Africa. Cimbebasia 217: 3-15. -- Show included taxa

Nørgaard, T., Henschel, J. R. & Jäger, P. (2008). Nomenclatural mating: Leucorchestris kochi Lawrence 1965 is a synonym of Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence 1962 (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88: 41-44. -- Show included taxa

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