Sparianthis megalopalpus (Caporiacco, 1954)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029473

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (not located) - (Rheims, 2020)
Taxonomic References
Pseudosparianthis megalopalpus Caporiacco, 1954: 127, f. 34, 34a (Dm; specific epithet is a noun) Original description
Sparianthis megalopalpa Rheims, 2020: 181, f. 109-116 (m, T from Pseudosparianthis)
Sparianthis megalopalpa Casas & Rheims, 2024: 361, f. 15A-B, 16A-B (Df)
References

Caporiacco, L. di (1954). Araignées de la Guyane Française du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 16: 45-193. -- Show included taxa

Casas, C. M. & Rheims, C. A. (2024). An update on the genus Sparianthis Simon, 1880 (Sparassidae: Sparianthinae). Zootaxa 5496(3): 343-369. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.3.3 -- Show included taxa

Rheims, C. A. (2020). Revision of the spider genus Sparianthis Simon, 1880 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae). Zootaxa 4890(2): 151-191. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.2.1 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-08-20 New taxonomic reference entry Casas & Rheims, 2024
2024-08-20 First description of female Casas & Rheims, 2024 Old value
2024-08-20 Species distribution update Casas & Rheims, 2024 Old value
2020-12-02 New taxonomic reference entry Rheims, 2020
2020-12-02 Species transferred to new genus Rheims, 2020 Species transferred from Pseudosparianthis to Sparianthis
2020-12-02 Species distribution update Rheims, 2020 Old value

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