World Spider Catalog

Genus: Alienus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | Family: Paratropididae Simon, 1889

Alienus basho Sherwood, Drolshagen, Peñaherrera-R. & Ríos-Tamayo, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066606

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (1890.5.15.10-11) - (Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d)

Taxonomic References

Alienus basho Sherwood, Drolshagen, Peñaherrera-R. & Ríos-Tamayo in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 694, f. 24A-H (Df) Original description

References

Peñaherrera-R., P., Ríos-Tamayo, D., León-E., R. J., Drolshagen, B. & Sherwood, D. (2025d). On encrusted soil and mud: a preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the mud spider family Paratropididae Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) brings to light new species and genera. Invertebrate Zoology 22(4): 662-717. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.22.4.10 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d
2026-01-06	New species inserted	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d

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