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Genus: Aculithus Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022 | Family: Phrurolithidae Banks, 1892

Aculithus taoyuan (Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048710

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China m - (Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016)
Paratype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China 1m 4f - (Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016)

Taxonomic References

Phrurolithus taoyuan Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016: 283, f. 9A-H, 10A-E (Dmf) Original description

Otacilia taoyuan Zamani & Marusik, 2020b: 312 (T from Phrurolithus)

Aculithus taoyuan Jiang et al., 2025b: 12 (T from Otacilia)

References

Fu, L., Chen, H. M. & Zhang, F. (2016). New Phrurolithus species from China (Araneae, Phrurolithidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 7: 270-290. doi: 10.37828/em.2016.7.5 -- Show included taxa

Jiang, Z. M., Wang, Z. J., Lyu, X. T., Yang, J. & Liu, K. K. (2025b). Two new species and a new combination in Aculithus Liu & Li, 2022 (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from South China. Biodiversity Data Journal 13(e153747): 1-14. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e153747 -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020b). A survey of Phrurolithidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in southern Caucasus, Iran and Central Asia. Zootaxa 4758(2): 311-329. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.6 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2025-04-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Jiang et al., 2025b
2025-04-09	Species transferred to new genus	Jiang et al., 2025b	Species transferred from Otacilia to Aculithus
2020-03-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani & Marusik, 2020b
2020-03-30	Species transferred to new genus	Zamani & Marusik, 2020b	Species transferred from Phrurolithus to Otacilia
2016-09-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016
2016-09-30	New species inserted	Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016