World Spider Catalog

Genus: Castianeirodes Strand, 1916 | Family: Corinnidae Karsch, 1880

Castianeirodes kakamega Haddad, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066786

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Described:

Distribution: Kenya

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany f (Ar 1167) - (Haddad, 2026)
Paratype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany 1m 1f - (Haddad, 2026)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 2m (212688, 212734) - (Haddad, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Castianeirodes kakamega Haddad, 2026: 148, f. 2C-D, 5G-H, 7A-D (Dmf) Original description

References

Haddad, C. R. (2026). On the arboreal Afrotropical ant-mimicking castianeirine spider genus Castianeirodes Strand, 1916 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 5777(1): 139-154. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5777.1.6 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Haddad, 2026
2026-03-17	New species inserted	Haddad, 2026

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