Argyrodes mellissi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870)

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Described:

Distribution: St. Helena

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  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK f (562) - (Sherwood et al., 2024e)
Taxonomic References
Ariadne mellissii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870b: 534, pl. 42, f. 2 (Df) Original description
Ariamnes mellissi Simon, 1894a: 501
Argyrodes mellissi Benoit, 1977i: 134, f. 56, 57a-d (f, Dm)
Argyrodes mellissi Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1270, f. 62A-D, 63 (f)
References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1977i). Fam. Theridiidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220: 131-152. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1870b). Notes on some spiders and scorpions from St Helena, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 37(3, 1869): 531-544, pl. 42. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1869.tb07363.x [[published in April 1870, after Duncan, 1937]] -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Henrard, A., Jocqué, R., Fowler, L., Marusik, Y. M., Maddison, W., Harvey, M. S., Hormiga, G., Rheims, C. A., Piacentini, L. N., Peters, M., Stevens, N., Joshua, D., Scipio-O’Dean, C. J., Ellick, G., Wilkins, V., Ashmole, M. & Ashmole, P. (2024e). Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Arachnology 19(9): 1218-1291. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1218 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1894a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 489-760. 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
2024-11-04 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2024e
2016-10-29 Species updated O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870b Old value Error corrected

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