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Genus: Cicynethus Simon, 1910 | Family: Zodariidae Thorell, 1881

Cicynethus acer Jocqué & Henrard, 2018

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050608

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Described:

Distribution: Mozambique, South Africa

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum) (TMSA), Pretoria, South Africa m (6162) - (Jocqué & Henrard, 2018)
Paratype: Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum) (TMSA), Pretoria, South Africa m (6162), f (13375) - (Jocqué & Henrard, 2018)

Taxonomic References

Cicynethus acer Jocqué & Henrard, 2018: 7, f. 3A-F, 4A-E, 5A-C, 6A-C (Dmf) Original description

Cicynethus acer Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a: 41, f. 1-8 (mf)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Jocqué, R., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2024a). The Zodariidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-D). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 91 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14404920 -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. & Henrard, A. (2018). A revision of the genus Cicynethus Simon, 1910 (Araneae, Zodariidae), a tale ofcolour patterns. European Journal of Taxonomy 465: 1-35. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.465 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2024-12-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a
2018-10-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Jocqué & Henrard, 2018
2018-10-11	New species inserted	Jocqué & Henrard, 2018