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Genus: Massuria Thorell, 1887 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Massuria simplex Xu, Han & Li, 2008

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041423

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China m - (Xu, Han & Li, 2008)
Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China f of Massuria bellula - (Xu, Han & Li, 2008)
Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China 1m - (Xu, Han & Li, 2008)
Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China 1f of Massuria bellula - (Xu, Han & Li, 2008)

Taxonomic References

Pistius gangulyi Yaginuma & Wen, 1983: 193, f. 1A-C (f; misidentified per Li et al., 2023f: 303)

Diaea simplex Xu, Han & Li, 2008: 14, f. 1a-e (Dm) Original description

Massuria bellula Xu, Han & Li, 2008: 15, f. 2a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041424]

Massuria simplex Li et al., 2023f: 303, f. 3A-D, 4A-I, 6A-B (mf, T from Diaea, S of Massuria bellula)

References

Li, C. Z., Yao, Y. B., Xiao, Y. H., Xu, X. & Liu, K. K. (2023f). Notes on two species of Massuria Thorell, 1887 (Arachnida, Araneae, Thomisidae) from China with description of a new species. ZooKeys 1175: 299-310. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1175.105446 -- Show included taxa

Xu, X., Han, X. & Li, S. Q. (2008). Three new spider species of the family Thomisidae from Hong Kong (Arachnida: Araneae). Entomologica Fennica 19(1): 13-17. doi: 10.33338/ef.84408 -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. & Wen, Z. G. (1983). Chinese and Japanese spiders (II). Faculty of Letters Revue, Otemon Gakuin University 17: 187-205. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-08-22	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2023-08-22	Species synonymy	Li et al., 2023f		Massuria bellula synonymized with Massuria simplex
2023-08-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Li et al., 2023f
2023-08-22	Species transferred to new genus	Li et al., 2023f		Species transferred from Diaea to Massuria