World Spider Catalog

Genus: Vigdisia Agnarsson, Kuntner, Yu & Gregorič, 2025 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Vigdisia praesidens Agnarsson, Kuntner, Yu & Gregorič, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065678

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Museum of Natural History = United States National Museum (USNM), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA m (ARA8038) - (Gregorič et al., 2025b)
Paratype: National Museum of Natural History = United States National Museum (USNM), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA 2m 1f - (Gregorič et al., 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Vigdisia praesidens Gregorič et al., 2025b: 436, f. 1, 2A-C, 3A-E, 4A-E, 5A-C (Dmf) Original description

References

Gregorič, M., Yu, K. P., Ravelojaona, J., Agnarsson, I. & Kuntner, M. (2025b). A perilous Malagasy triad: a spider (Vigdisia praesidens, gen. and sp. nov.) and an ant compete for termite food. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 52(4): 428-439. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2024.2373185 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Gregorič et al., 2025b
2025-07-28	New species inserted	Gregorič et al., 2025b

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