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Genus: Corythalia C. L. Koch, 1850 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Corythalia opima G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032908

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador

External Resources*: Salticidae Database Prószyński (2016) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m (22400) - (Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020)
Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 3f of Sidusa fulvoguttata - (Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020)
Paralectotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1m 1f 1j (22400) - (Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Jotus opimus Peckham & Peckham, 1885b: 71, pl. 2, f. 7 (Dmf) Original description

Dynamius opimus Simon, 1888b: 205

Dynamius opimus Banks, 1898b: 283, pl. 17, f. 25 (f)

Sidusa fulvoguttata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 214, pl. 17, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052480]

Sidusa opima F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 219, pl. 18, f. 5-6 (mf, probable S of Sidusa fulvoguttata)

Dynamius opimus Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 337, pl. 25, f. 6

Corythalia opima Simon, 1901a: 652 (T from Sidusa)

Sidusa spiralis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a: 217, pl. 17, f. 14a-c (m; misidentified per Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020: 109)

Corythalia fulvoguttata Simon, 1903a: 790 (T from Sidusa)

Corythalia spiralis Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 212, f. 131 (m; misidentified per Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020: 109)

Corythalia opima Chickering, 1946: 145 (S of Corythalia fulvoguttata)

Corythalia spiralis Kraus, 1955b: 63, f. 177-179 (mf; misidentified per Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020: 109)

Corythalia spiralis Prószyński, 2017b: 83, f. 36S(1) (m; misidentified per Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020: 109)

Corythalia opima Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020: 109, f. 53A-E, 60H, 63G, 67K, 70K, 74G, 78F (mf, S of Corythalia fulvoguttata confirmed)

References

Banks, N. (1898b). Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (3) 1(7): 205-309. -- Show included taxa

Bayer, S., Höfer, H. & Metzner, H. (2020). Revision of the genus Corythalia C.L. Koch, 1850, part 1: diagnosis and new species from South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Euophryini). Zootaxa 4806(1): 1-144. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4806.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Chickering, A. M. (1946). The Salticidae of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 97: 1-474. -- Show included taxa

Kraus, O. (1955b). Spinnen aus El Salvador (Arachnoidea, Araneae). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 493: 1-112. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1885b). On some new genera and species of Attidae from the eastern part of Guatamala. Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin 1885: 62-86, pl. 2. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1901a). Spiders of the Phidippus group of the family Attidae. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 13: 282-358. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1925a). Arachnida from Panama. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 27: 51-248. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2, pp. 193-312, pl. 15-30. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1888b). Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'Amérique centrale et des Antilles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 8: 203-216. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Prószyński, J. (2016). Monograph of Salticidae (Araneae) of the World 1995-2015. Part II. Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Version October 30th, 2016, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2020-10-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Simon, 1903a
2020-10-29	Species synonymy	Chickering, 1946		Corythalia fulvoguttata synonymized with Corythalia opima
2020-07-01	New taxonomic reference entry	F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901a
2020-07-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b
2020-07-01	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2020-07-01	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2020-07-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020
2020-07-01	Species distribution update	Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020	Old value