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Genus: Diores Simon, 1893 | Family: Zodariidae Thorell, 1881

Diores lesserti Lawrence, 1952

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini

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Syntype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 4m 2f (2567) - (Lawrence, 1952a)

Taxonomic References

Diores lesserti Lawrence, 1952a: 196, f. 26-29 (Dmf) Original description

Diores lesserti Jocqué, 1990: 66, f. 138-141 (mf)

Diores lesserti Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a: 70, f. 1-5 (mf)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Jocqué, R., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2024a). The Zodariidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-D). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 91 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14404920 -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. (1990). A revision of the Afrotropical genus Diores (Araneae, Zodariidae). Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques 260: 1-81. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1952a). New spiders from the eastern half of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 12: 183-226. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2024-12-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a
2024-12-16	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a	Old value
2014-09-29	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014	Old value