World Spider Catalog

Genus: Steriphopus Simon, 1887 | Family: Palpimanidae Thorell, 1869

Steriphopus ritigalensis Benjamin, 2024

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063407

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester (MMUE/MMUM), Manchester, United Kingdom m - (Benjamin, 2024c)
Paratype: Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester (MMUE/MMUM), Manchester, United Kingdom 1f - (Benjamin, 2024c)

Taxonomic References

Steriphopus macleayi Marusik & Zonstein, 2018: 492, f. 1-27 (mf; misidentifed per Benjamin, 2024c: 11)

Steriphopus ritigalensis Benjamin, 2024c: 11 (Dmf, new name for Steriphopus macleayi sensu Marusik & Zonstein, 2018: 492) Original description

References

Benjamin, S. P. (2024c). Palp-footed spiders of Sri Lanka with descriptions of six new species (Araneae: Palpimanidae). ZooNova 40: 1-23. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14537225 -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. & Zonstein, S. L. (2018). Notes on the spider genus Steriphopus (Araneae: Palpimanidae), with redescription of the type species. Arachnology 17(9): 491-496. doi: 10.13156/arac.2018.17.9.491 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2024-12-21	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2024-12-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Benjamin, 2024c
2024-12-21	New species inserted	Benjamin, 2024c

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