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

Synema scalare Strand, 1913

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031327

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Described: j

Distribution: Uganda

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Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Synema scalare Strand, 1913, (20870) -

Taxonomic References

Synema scalare Strand, 1913a: 396 (Dj) Original description

Synema scalare Sherwood, 2024b: 215 (immature, species inquirenda)

References

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

Strand, E. (1913a). Arachnida. I. In: Schubotz, H. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Klinkhardt & Biermann Leipzig. 4(Zool. 2), 325-474. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7048 -- 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
2025-01-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b
2025-01-05	Species distribution update	Sherwood, 2024b	Old value