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

Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893

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Described:

Distribution: DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa

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It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893a: 424, f. 393-394

Hermippus loricatus Simon, 1893e: 316, pl. 7, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Hermippus loricatus Lessert, 1938: 432, f. 11 (m)

Hermippus loricatus Jocqué, 1986a: 10, f. 1a-f, 2, 3a-c (m, Df)

Hermippus loricatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024b: 11, f. 1-5 (mf)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Jocqué, R., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2024b). The Zodariidae of South Africa. Part 2 (H-T). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 49 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14568995 -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. (1986a). A revision of the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae). Journal of Natural History 20(1): 7-22. doi: 10.1080/00222938600770021 -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1938). Araignées du Congo Belge (première partie). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 30(4): 424-457. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1893a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 257-488. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1893e). Études arachnologiques. 25e Mémoire. XL. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 299-330. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-12-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024b