World Spider Catalog

Genus: Parabomis Kulczyński, 1901 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Parabomis megae Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052689

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Described:

Distribution: Zimbabwe

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Museum of Zimbabwe (NMZ), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe m (A4208a) - (Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020b)
Paratype: National Museum of Zimbabwe (NMZ), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 1m 1f 3j (A4208b, A6916) - (Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020b)
Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 3f 3j (2009/258, 2012/326-327) - (Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020b)

Taxonomic References

Parabomis megae Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020b: 168, f. 15-20 (Dmf) Original description

Parabomis megae Dippenaar-Schoeman & Whitaker, 2021: 25, f. 13-40 (m)

Parabomis megae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2024: 17, f. 34-37 (mf)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Foord, S. H. (2020b). Revision of the Afrotropical crab-spider genus Parabomis Kulczyński, 1901 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4899(1): 161-174. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.8 -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Whitaker, J. (2021). More on the smallest crab spiders in Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae: Parabomis). SANSA Newsletter 37(Supplement): 25-28. -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. (2024). Quick keys to the Bominae genera of South Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae). SANSA Newsletter 49: 15-20. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10878262 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2024-03-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2024
2021-11-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman & Whitaker, 2021
2020-12-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020b
2020-12-30	New species inserted	Dippenaar-Schoeman & Foord, 2020b