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Genus: Prusias O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Prusias semotus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029460

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Described: j

Distribution: Panama

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK Ramnes semotus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892, (1901.3.3-7-133/39/1901.68./133); j -

Taxonomic References

Ramnes semotus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 102, pl. 13, f. 8 (Dj) Original description

Ramnes semotus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 127, pl. 9, f. 15 (j)

Prusias semotus Simon, 1903a: 1028 (T from Ramnes)

Heteropoda simoni Bonnet, 1957: 2195 (nomen nudum, see Jäger & Rheims, 2008: 33) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066053]

Prusias semotus Jäger & Rheims, 2008: 35, f. 45-50 (j, S of Heteropoda simoni)

References

Bonnet, P. (1957). Bibliographia araneorum. Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéologique jusqu'en 1939. Tome II. Systématique des araignées (Étude par ordre alphabétique) (3me partie: G-M). Douladoure, Toulouse, pp. 1927-3026. -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. & Rheims, C. A. (2008). On the genera Origes Simon 1897, Prusias O. Pickard-Cambridge 1892, Tibellomma Simon 1903 and Paenula Simon 1897 from South and Central America. Senckenbergiana Biologica 88: 29-39. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1892b). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 89-104, pl. 11-14. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1900). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 89-192, pl. 6-15. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2019-08-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Jäger & Rheims, 2008