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Genus: Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 | Family: Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878

Wulfila tantillus Chickering, 1940

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024123

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f of Wulfila tenellus - (Platnick, 1974)
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m of Wulfila tantillus - (Platnick, 1974)
Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m of Cragus pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge - (Platnick, 1974)

Taxonomic References

Cragus pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 215, pl. 26, f. 10 (Dm; preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895, see Wulfila pallidus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055399]

Wulfila tantilla Chickering, 1940b: 119, f. 64-66 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila tenella Chickering, 1940b: 120, f. 67-68 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055398]

Wulfila tantilla Platnick, 1974: 246, f. 85-86, 91, 101 (mf, S of Cragus pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 and Wulfila tenellus)

References

Chickering, A. M. (1940b). New Anyphaenidae from Panama with notes on known species. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 59(1): 78-122. doi: 10.2307/3222819 -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1896a). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 161-224. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. (1974). The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 146(4): 205-266. -- Show included taxa

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