Caribothele shoemakeri (Petrunkevitch, 1926)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002118

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Described:

Distribution: US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas)

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Taxonomic References
Ischnocolus shoemakeri Petrunkevitch, 1926: 36, f. 2-3 (Df) Original description
Holothele shoemakeri Rudloff, 1997a: 11 (T from Ischnocolus)
Caribothele shoemakeri Sherwood et al., 2025e: 109 (T from Holothele)
Holothele aff. shoemakeri Beratz et al., 2026: 27, f. 1A (m)
References

Beratz, M., Ferretti, N. E., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A., Allen, J. P. & West, R. C. (2026). A new endemic genus of tarantula (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae) from southern Peru. Zoosystema 48(9): 273-286. doi: 10.5252/zoosystema2026v48a9 [[Zoobank: 485EB90E-141C-427C-861D-80036440BFBB]] -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1926). Spiders from the Virgin Islands. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 28: 21-78. -- Show included taxa

Rudloff, J.-P. (1997a). Revision der Gattung Holothele Karsch, 1879 nebst Aufstellung einer neuen Gattung Stichoplastoris gen. nov. (Araneae, Theraphosidae) und Wiedereinsetzung einiger weiterer Gattungen der Mygalomorphae. Arachnologisches Magazin 5(2): 1-19. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., PeƱaherrera-R., P., Rollard, C., Leguin, E.-A. & Privet, K. (2025e). Hidden treasures of the Caribbean: two new genera and one new species of Lesser Antillean ischnocoline spiders (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Natura Somogyiensis 46: 99-116. doi: 10.24394/NatSom.2025.46.99 -- 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
2026-04-15 New taxonomic reference entry Beratz et al., 2026
2025-11-05 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2025e
2025-11-05 Species transferred to new genus Sherwood et al., 2025e Species transferred from Holothele to Caribothele
2017-01-07 Species distribution update Petrunkevitch, 1926 Old value

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