Parapalystes megacephalus C. L. Koch, 1845

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM), Munich, Germany Ocypete megacephala C. L. Koch, 1845, (lost); f -
Taxonomic References
Ocypete megacephala C. L. Koch, 1845: 25, f. 972 (Df) Original description
Olios megacephalus Simon, 1880a: 298
Palystes megacephalus Pocock, 1896a: 63 (Dm)
Remmius megacephalus Simon, 1897a: 41
Palystes megacephalus Strand, 1907n: 679
Parapalystes megacephalus Croeser, 1996: 90 (Tmf from Palystes)
Parapalystes megacephalus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 62, 4 f. (f)
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

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

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

Strand, E. (1907n). Afrikanische Spinnen (exkl. Aviculariiden) hauptsächlich aus dem Kapland. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 25: 557-731. -- 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

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