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Genus: Josa Keyserling, 1891 | Family: Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878

Josa chazaliae (Simon, 1897)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024066

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia

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Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1f (18396; second paralectotype is Josa samaria) - (Martínez et al., 2025)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (18396) - (Martínez et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Tomopisthes chazaliae Simon, 1897c: 11 (Df) Original description

Josa chazaliae Ramírez, 2003: 109 (T from Tomopisthes)

Josa chazaliae Martínez et al., 2025: 204, f. 1A-E, 2A-E, 3A-E, 4A-E, 5A-F, 6A-E, 7A-I, 8A-F (Dm, f)

References

Martínez, L., Kochalka, J. A., Cabra-García, J. & Ramírez, M. J. (2025). Revealing the identity of Josa chazaliae (Simon, 1897) (Araneae: Anyphaenidae): new species and the highest altitude record for a spider in South America. Zootaxa 5566(2): 201-242. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5566.2.1 -- Show included taxa

Ramírez, M. J. (2003). The spider subfamily Amaurobioidinae (Araneae, Anyphaenidae): a phylogenetic revision at the generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 277: 1-262. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2003)277<0001:TSSAAA>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897c). Description d'arachnides nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 41: 8-17. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Martínez et al., 2025
2025-01-08	First description of male	Martínez et al., 2025	Old value