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Genus: Synema Simon, 1864 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Synema bishopi Caporiacco, 1955

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031236

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Described:

Distribution: Venezuela, French Guiana

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Syntype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy 1m 1jf (657-658) - (Berdondini & Whitman, 2003)

Taxonomic References

Synema bishopi Caporiacco, 1955: 414, f. 63a-d (Dmf) Original description

Synema bishopi Marusik, 2025b: 440, f. 5A-D (m, misplaced)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1955). Estudios sobre los aracnidos de Venezuela. 2a parte: Araneae. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 1: 265-448. -- 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

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-11-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Marusik, 2025b