Xilithus meles (Kamura, 2021)

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Described:

Distribution: Japan


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (NSMT), Japan m - (Kamura, 2021a)
  • Paratype: Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (NSMT), Japan 1m 1f - (Kamura, 2021a)
Taxonomic References
Otacilia meles Kamura, 2021a: 29, f. 1A-B, 2A-E (Dmf) Original description
Acrolithus meles Kamura, 2022b: 136, f. 1E-H (mf, T from Otacilia)
Xilithus meles Lin, Li & Pham, 2023: 57 (T from Acrolithus, by replacing the preoccupied generic name)
Xilithus meles Suzuki & Bando, 2024: 90, f. 2A-D (m)
Xilithus meles Nojima, 2024: 38, f. 14 (m)
References

Kamura, T. (2021a). A new species of the genus Otacilia (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from Shikoku and Awaji-shima Is., Japan. Acta Arachnologica 70(1): 29-32. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.70.29 -- Show included taxa

Kamura, T. (2022b). Generic placements of the Japanese species assigned to the genus Otacilia (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), with a description of a new genus. Acta Arachnologica 71(2): 135-140. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.71.135 -- Show included taxa

Lin, Y. J., Li, S. Q. & Pham, D. S. (2023). Taxonomic notes on some spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China and Vietnam. Zoological Systematics 48(1): 1-99. doi: 10.11865/zs.2023101 -- Show included taxa

Nojima, K. (2024). Spiders newly recorded from Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Kishidaia 125: 37-40. -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y. & Bando, H. (2024). Revision of spiders collected in Kaiyô-chô, Kaifu-gun, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan: records of Xysticus kansuensis Tang, Song and Zhu, 1995 (Araneae: Thomisidae) and Xilithus meles (Kamura, 2021) (Araneae: Phrurolithidae). Bulletin of the Tokushima Prefecture Museum 34: 89-92. -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-01-25 New taxonomic reference entry Nojima, 2024
2024-08-29 New taxonomic reference entry Suzuki & Bando, 2024
2023-01-19 New taxonomic reference entry Lin, Li & Pham, 2023
2023-01-19 Species transferred to new genus Lin, Li & Pham, 2023 Species transferred from Acrolithus to Xilithus
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Kamura, 2022b
2023-01-05 Species transferred to new genus Kamura, 2022b Species transferred from Otacilia to Acrolithus
2021-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Kamura, 2021a
2021-07-07 New species inserted Kamura, 2021a

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