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Genus: Heriaesynaema Caporiacco, 1939 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Heriaesynaema flavipes Caporiacco, 1939

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030428

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Described:

Distribution: Ethiopia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy f (406) - (Berdondini & Whitman, 2003)

Taxonomic References

Heriaesynaema flavipes Caporiacco, 1939a: 368, f. 20 (Dj; adult f per Berdondini & Whitman, 2003: 142 and Marusik, 2025b: 437) Original description

Heriaesynaema flavipes Sherwood, 2024b: 214 (immature, species inquirenda)

Heriaesynaema flavipes Marusik, 2025b: 437, f. 1A-C (f)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1939a). Arachnida. In: Missione biologica nel paese dei Borana. Raccolte zoologiche. Reale Accademia d'Italia Roma 3, 303-385. -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. (2025b). On six poorly known species of Thomisidae (Arachnida: Araneae) described by Ludovico di Caporiacco. Zootaxa 5723(3): 437-443. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.8 [[incl. Erratum: Zootaxa 5725(4): 600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.4.10]] -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- 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
2025-11-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Marusik, 2025b
2025-11-26	Species updated	Marusik, 2025b	Old value	Error corrected
2025-01-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b