World Spider Catalog

Genus: Fonteferrea Wunderlich, 2023 | Family: Fonteferreidae Wunderlich, 2023

Fonteferrea estageli Marc & Déjean, 2026

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066723

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Described: j

Distribution: France

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse (MHNT), France f - (Marc & Déjean, 2026)
Paratype: Museum d’Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse (MHNT), France 1m 4f - (Marc & Déjean, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Fonteferrea estageli Marc & Déjean, 2026: 23, f. 1A-B, 2A-B, 3A-C, 4, 5A-F, 6A-B, 8B, D, 9B (Dmf; j per Lopardo et al., 2026: 107) Original description

Fonteferrea estageli Lopardo et al., 2026: 107 (immature, unidentifiable, taken here as nomen dubium, analogous to Fonteferrea minutissima)

References

Lopardo, L., Dupérré, N., Hormiga, G. & Michalik, P. (2026). Taxonomic reassessment and rejection of the spider family Fonteferreidae Wunderlich, 2023 (Araneae). ZooKeys 1278: 95-109. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1278.181771 [[Zoobank: FBD432DC-295B-4261-9E5A-32110B95D205]] -- Show included taxa

Marc, D. & Déjean, S. (2026). Description de Fonteferrea estageli sp. nov. (Araneae: Fonteferreidae), la plus petite araignée de France, nouvelle espèce découverte dans le massif des Corbières (Occitanie). Revue Arachnologique (2) 12(2025): 22-33. [[not published before February]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-05-01	Taxon is nomen dubium	Lopardo et al., 2026	Taxon declared a nomen dubium
2026-05-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Lopardo et al., 2026
2026-02-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Marc & Déjean, 2026
2026-02-10	New species inserted	Marc & Déjean, 2026