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Genus: Araneus Clerck, 1757 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Araneus zelus Strand, 1907

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015321

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Described:

Distribution: Cameroon

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum Lübeck, Germany; type material destroyed 1942 f - (Nentwig et al., 2020)

Taxonomic References

Aranea zela Strand, 1907a: 533 (Df) Original description

Aranea zela Strand, 1907n: 615 (Df)

Araneus zelus Nentwig et al., 2020: 23 (nomen dubium)

References

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, C. (2020). How to deal with destroyed type material? The case of Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 22-29. doi: 10.30963/aramit5904 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907a). Vorläufige Diagnosen afrikanischer und südamerikanischer Spinnen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 525-558. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907n). Afrikanische Spinnen (exkl. Aviculariiden) hauptsächlich aus dem Kapland. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 25: 557-731. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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
2020-03-09	Taxon is nomen dubium	Nentwig et al., 2020		Araneus zelus (Strand, 1907) declared a nomen dubium
2020-03-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Nentwig et al., 2020