World Spider Catalog

Genus: Xysticus C. L. Koch, 1835 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Xysticus barbatus Caporiacco, 1936

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031813

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Described: j

Distribution: Libya

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy j (390) - (Berdondini & Whitman, 2003)

Taxonomic References

Xysticus barbatus Caporiacco, 1936a: 115 (Dj) Original description

Xysticus barbatus Sherwood, 2024b: 216 (immature, species inquirenda)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1936a). Aracnidi raccolti durante la primavera 1933 nelle oasi del deserto libico. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 15: 93-122. -- 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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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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