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

Synema variabile Caporiacco, 1939

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031349

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Described:

Distribution: Ethiopia

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Syntype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy 3f (404-405) - (Berdondini & Whitman, 2003)

Taxonomic References

Synema variabile Caporiacco, 1939a: 366, f. 19 (Df) Original description

Synema variabile Marusik, 2025b: 441, f. 6A-F (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

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Edit History

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