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Genus: Monoblemma Gertsch, 1941 | Family: Tetrablemmidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873

Monoblemma unicum Gertsch, 1941

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004167

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Described:

Distribution: Panama, Dominican Rep.

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Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA m - (Martínez, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Monoblemma unica Gertsch, 1941a: 10, f. 9-12 (Dm) Original description

Monoblemma unicum Shear, 1978: 21, f. 47-50 (m)

Monoblemma unicum Nentwig, 1993: 97, f. 48a-c (m)

Monoblemma unicum Martínez, 2025: 289, f. 1A-C, E-I, 20C (m)

References

Gertsch, W. J. (1941a). Report on some arachnids from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 1146: 1-14. -- Show included taxa

Martínez, L. (2025). A revision of the genus Monoblemma Gertsch, 1941 (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae) in Central America and the Caribbean. Zootaxa 5636(2): 287-315. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.2.4 -- Show included taxa

Nentwig, W. (1993). Spiders of Panama: biogeography, investigation, phenology, check list, key and bibliography of a tropical spider fauna. Sandhill Crane Press Gainesville, Florida, 274 pp. -- Show included taxa

Shear, W. A. (1978). Taxonomic notes on the armored spiders of the families Tetrablemmidae and Pacullidae. American Museum Novitates 2650: 1-46. -- 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
2026-04-07	Species distribution update	Martínez, 2026	Old value
2025-05-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Martínez, 2025