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Genus: Hovops Benoit, 1968 | Family: Selenopidae Simon, 1897

Hovops modestus Lenz, 1886

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum Lübeck, Germany; type material destroyed 1942 m (lost) - (Corronca & Rodríguez, 2011)

Taxonomic References

Selenops modestus Lenz, 1886: 399, pl. 10, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Hovops modestus Benoit, 1968a: 117 (T from Selenops)

Hovops modestus Corronca & Rodríguez, 2011: 307 (type lost, species inquirenda, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick)

References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1968a). Les Selenopidae africains au Nord du 17e parallèle Sud et reclassement des espèces africaines de la famille (Araneae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 77(1-2): 113-141. -- Show included taxa

Corronca, J. A. & Rodríguez A., S. M. (2011). New species of the Madagascan genus Hovops Benoit, 1968 (Araneae: Selenopidae), with a description of the H. madagascariensis male and an identification key. African Invertebrates 52: 295-310. -- Show included taxa

Lenz, H. (1886). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Spinnenfauna Madagascars. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Zeitschrift für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 1(2): 379-408, pl. 10. -- Show included taxa

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