Messapus tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048328

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe

External Resources*: GBIF

Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa f (2007/916) - (Haddad & Mbo, 2015)
  • Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 3f (2014/1774-1775) - (Haddad & Mbo, 2015)
Taxonomic References
Messapus tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 395, f. 1-3, 8, 23-31, 35, 49-50 (Df) Original description
Messapus tigris Haddad & Grismado, 2025: 358, f. 27-39 (Dm)
References

Haddad, C. R. & Mbo, Z. (2015). Five new species of the Afrotropical dark sac spider genus Messapus Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 4057(3): 385-398. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.5 -- Show included taxa

Haddad, C. R. & Grismado, C. J. (2025). Further additions to the rare dark sac spider genus Messapus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 5637(2): 351-362. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.2.8 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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
2025-05-21 New taxonomic reference entry Haddad & Grismado, 2025
2025-05-21 First description of male Haddad & Grismado, 2025 Old value
2025-05-21 Species distribution update Haddad & Grismado, 2025 Old value
2016-04-21 New taxonomic reference entry Haddad & Mbo, 2015
2016-04-21 New species inserted Haddad & Mbo, 2015

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