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

Leprolochus spinifrons Simon, 1893

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025800

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Described:

Distribution: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France jf (10216) - (Jocqué, 1988a)
Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1j (10216) - (Jocqué, 1988a)
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m of Leprolochus decoratus - (Chickering, 1957c)
Allotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f of Leprolochus decoratus - (Chickering, 1957c)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1m of Leprolochus decoratus - (Chickering, 1957c)

Taxonomic References

Leprolochus spinifrons Simon, 1893a: 431, f. 402

Leprolochus spinifrons Simon, 1893b: 461, pl. 9, f. 31 (Dj) Original description

Leprolochus decoratus Chickering, 1957c: 1, f. 1-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064998]

Leprolochus spinifrons Jocqué, 1988a: 81, f. 3-8 (mf, S of Leprolochus decoratus)

Leprolochus spinifrons Lise, 1994: 100, f. 50-75 (mf)

References

Chickering, A. M. (1957c). A new zodariid spider from Panama. Breviora 69: 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. (1988a). An updating of the genus Leprolochus (Araneae: Zodariidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 23(2): 77-87. doi: 10.1080/01650528809360748 -- Show included taxa

Lise, A. A. (1994). Description of three new species of Leprolochus Simon and additional illustrations of L. spinifrons Simon and L. birabeni Mello-Leitão (Araneae, Zodariidae). Biociências 2(2): 99-117. -- 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. (1893b). Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887–Avril 1888). 21e Mémoire. Arachnides (1). Familles des Uloboridae, Zoropsidae, Dictynidae, Oecobiidae, Filistatidae, Sicariidae, Leptonetidae, Oonopidae, Dysderidae, Caponiidae, Prodidomidae, Drassidae, Palpimanidae et Zodariidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61(4, 1892): 423-462, pl. 9. [[publ. in April 1893]] -- Show included taxa

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