Runcinia erythrina Jézéquel, 1964

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031061

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Described:

Distribution: Ivory Coast, Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France jf - (Blandin, 1972)
Taxonomic References
Runcinia erythrina Jézéquel, 1964c: 1123, f. 25 (Df; j per Blandin, 1972: 1281) Original description
Runcinia erythrina Blandin, 1972: 1281, f. 1-5 (Dmf)
Runcinia erythrina Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 312, f. 13-18 (mf)
Runcinia erythrina Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 43, f. 25a-d (mf)
Runcinia erythrina Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 53, 49: 1 f., 53: 5 f., 54: 4 f. (mf)
Runcinia erythrina Dippenaar-Schoeman, Webb & Jones, 2025: 23, f. 1-18 (mf)
References

Blandin, P. (1972). Note sur une espèce rare de thomise de la savane de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire), Runcinia (Runciniopsis) erythrina Jézéquel, 1964 (Araneae-Thomisidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (3) 92(Zoologie 71): 1281-1285. -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1980a). The crab-spiders of southern Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae). 1. The genus Runcinia Simon, 1875. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa 43: 303-326. -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1983). The spider genera Misumena, Misumenops, Runcinia and Thomisus (Araneae: Thomisidae) of southern Africa. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture Republic of South Africa 55: 1-66. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17452387 -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020v). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 2 My-R. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 67 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7513276 -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A., Webb, P. & Jones, A. (2025). Runcinia erythrina Jézéquel, 1964 one of the typical grassland spider species from South Africa revisited (Araneae: Thomisidae). SANSA Newsletter 53: 23-26. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14986120 -- Show included taxa

Jézéquel, J.-F. (1964c). Araignées de la savane de Singrobo (Côte d'Ivoire). III. – Thomisidae. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (A) 26(4): 1103-1143. -- 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
2025-03-07 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman, Webb & Jones, 2025
2025-03-07 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman, Webb & Jones, 2025 Old value
2023-01-28 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v

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