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Genus: Phycosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Phycosoma spundana Roberts, 1978

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007487

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa, Seychelles

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Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium (database excerpt, Feb. 2019) (143120) -

Taxonomic References

Dipoena spundana Roberts, 1978: 903, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description

Phycosoma spundana Saaristo, 2006: 54, f. 5-12 (Tm from Dipoena, Df)

Phycosoma spundana Saaristo, 2010: 241, f. 37.13-20 (mf)

Phycosoma spundana Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z: 62, 10 f. (mf)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021z). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 1 A-P. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 69 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7515890 -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. (1978). Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Theridiidae, Mysmenidae and gen. Theridiosoma (Araneidae) (Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 92: 902-939. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2006). Theridiid or cobweb spiders of the granitic Seychelles islands (Araneae, Theridiidae). Phelsuma 14: 49-89. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. In: Gerlach, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-02-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z
2023-02-10	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z	Old value