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Genus: Actinopus Perty, 1833 | Family: Actinopodidae Simon, 1892

Actinopus pertyi Lucas, 1843

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000910

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Described:

Distribution: South America

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Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (lost) - (Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Actinopus pertyi Lucas, 1843: 318 (Df) Original description

Actinopus pertyi Lucas, 1845a: 57, pl. 1, f. 1 (f)

Sphodros pertyi Walckenaer, 1847a: 372

Actinopus pertyi Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020: 13 (species inquirenda)

Actinopus pertyi Sherwood, 2024b: 190, f. 1 (type lost, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)

References

Lucas, H. (1843). Note sur une nouvelle espece d'araneide appartenant au genre Actinopus de M. Perty. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuviérienne 1843: 318. -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1845a). Sur une nouvelle espèce d'araneide appartenant au genre Actinopus de M. Perty. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (2) 3: 57-60. -- Show included taxa

Miglio, L. T., Pérez-Miles, F. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2020). Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Megataxa 2(1): 1-256. doi: 10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1847a). Dernier Supplément. In: Walckenaer, C. A. & Gervais, P. (eds.) Histoire naturelles des Insects. Aptères. Tome quatrième. Roret, Paris, pp. 365-596 [Araneae: -564]. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 -- 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	Comment
2025-01-02	Taxon is nomen dubium	Sherwood, 2024b	Actinopus pertyi Lucas, 1843 declared a nomen dubium
2025-01-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b
2020-10-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020