Palystes castaneus Latreille, 1819

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Described:

Distribution: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France Thomisus castaneus Latreille, 1819; f -
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France Palystes chaperi Simon, 1880, (3242); m -
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France Olios fuscus Walckenaer, 1837; f -
  • Neotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France Palystes frenatus L. Koch, 1875; f -
  • Syntype: Zoologisches Institut Tübingen, Germany; type material destroyed 1945 Palystes frenatus L. Koch, 1875, (type material destroyed 1945); 3f -
Taxonomic References
Thomisus castaneus Latreille, 1819: vol. 34, p. 30 (D) Original description
Olios castaneus Walckenaer, 1837: 571 (Dm)
Olios fuscus Walckenaer, 1837: 573 (Dm)
Ocypete melanogaster C. L. Koch, 1845: 31, f. 975 (Dm)
Ocypete nobilis C. L. Koch, 1845: 37, f. 979 (f, misidentified)
Palystes frenatus L. Koch, 1875a: 705, pl. 60, f. 4 (Df)
Palystes castaneus Simon, 1880a: 262
Palystes chaperi Simon, 1880a: 263 (Dm)
Olios melanogaster Simon, 1880a: 298
Palystes castaneus Pocock, 1896a: 63, pl. 8, f. 9 (mf)
Palystes castaneus Simon, 1897a: 65, f. 53, 56, 58 (m)
Palystes castaneus Järvi, 1912: 66, pl. 5, f. 9-10 (f)
Palystes castaneus Järvi, 1914: 183
Palystes castaneus Lamoral, 1973: 614, f. 1-8 (m)
Palystes castaneus Croeser, 1996: 25, f. 1-21 (mf, S)
Palystes castaneus Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 168, f. 174-188 (mf)
Palystes castaneus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 38, 5 f. (mf)
References

Croeser, P. M. C. (1996). A revision of the African huntsman spider genus Palystes L. Koch 1875 (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 37: 1-122. -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2022b). The Sparassidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 71 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6614498 -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. & Kunz, D. (2005). An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85(2): 163-213. -- Show included taxa

Järvi, T. H. (1912). Das Vaginalsystem der Sparassiden. I. Allgemeiner Teil. Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae (A) 4: 1-131, pl. 1-11. -- Show included taxa

Järvi, T. H. (1914). Das Vaginalsystem der Sparassiden. II. Spezieller Teil. Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae (A) 4: 118-235. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1845). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Zwölfter Band, pp. 1-166, pl. 397-432 (f. 960-1077). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1875a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 12-16]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 577-740, pl. 44-65. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Lamoral, B. H. (1973). On the morphology, anatomy, histology and function of the tarsal organ on the pedipalpi of Palystes castaneus (Sparassidae, Araneida). Annals of the Natal Museum 21: 609-648. -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P. A. (1819). [Articles sur les araignées]. In: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle Édition. Deterville, Paris, Tome 30-36. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.20211 -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1896a). Descriptions of some new South African spiders of the family Heteropodidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 17(97): 55-64, pl. 8. doi: 10.1080/00222939608680323 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1880a). Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 34(2/3/4): 223-351. [[issue 3 and 4 were published in 1881, but a complete seperate extract was available in 1880, see the last page of the pdf]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-192. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[plates in second pdf]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2022-06-05 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b
2022-06-05 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b Old value

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