Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007273

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka, India, China, Taiwan, Japan


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  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK m - (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869b)
Taxonomic References
Theridion spiniventre O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869b: 384, pl. 12, f. 52-56 (Dm) Original description
Theridion buitenzorgi Strand, 1907m: 412 (invalid provisional name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062895]
Theridion spiniventre Roewer, 1942a: 483 (S of Theridion buitenzorgi)
Theridion spiniventre van der Hammen, 1949: 76, f. 1-3 (mf)
Theridion spiniventre Yoshida, 1977: 9, f. 1-4 (mf)
Chrysso spiniventre Yaginuma, 1986a: 46, f. 24.5 (mf, T from Theridion)
Theridion spiniventre Song, 1987: 128, f. 89 (mf)
Chrysso spiniventris Zhu, 1998: 66, f. 38A-D (mf)
Chrysso spiniventris Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 107, f. 50E-L (mf)
Chrysso spiniventris Yoshida, 2003a: 130, f. 346-350 (mf)
Meotipa spiniventris Yoshida, 2009b: 378, f. 214-216 (mf, T from Chrysso)
Meotipa spiniventris Benjamin & Tharmarajan, 2024: 15, f. 10A-H, 11A-I, 12A-B (mf)
References

Benjamin, S. P. & Tharmarajan, M. (2024). Species of the genus Meotipa Simon, 1895 with descriptions of two new species from Sri Lanka and one from China (Araneae: Theridiidae). ZooNova 39: 1-26. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14187906 -- Show included taxa

Hammen, L. van der (1949). On Arachnida collected in Dutch greenhouses. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 91: 72-82. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1869b). Catalogue of a collection of Ceylon Araneida lately received from Mr J. Nietner, with descriptions of new species and characters of a new genus. I. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 10(46): 373-397, pl. 11-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1869.tb00667.x [[pp. 395-397, pl. 11-13 publ. in issue 47 in 1870, doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1870.tb00668.x]] -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy Bremen, 1040 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (1987). Spiders from agricultural regions of China (Arachnida: Araneae). Agriculture Publishing House Beijing, 376 pp. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907m). Spinnen des Zoologischen Instituts in Tübingen. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 24: 391-468. -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co. Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (1977). The occurrence of Theridion spiniventre O.P. Cambridge in Japan and Formosa. Atypus 70: 9-11. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2003a). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2009b). Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 142-147, 356-393, 467-468. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-11-20 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Meotipa wuzhishanensis Benjamin, 2024
2024-11-20 New taxonomic reference entry Benjamin & Tharmarajan, 2024
2022-01-21 New taxonomic reference entry Deng et al., 2022
2016-11-30 Species transferred to new genus Yoshida, 2009b Species transferred from Chrysso to Meotipa
2014-08-11 Species distribution update Old value
2014-03-03 Species distribution update Gao & Li, 2014 Old value

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