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Genus: Anelosimus Simon, 1891 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Anelosimus nigrescens (Keyserling, 1884)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039396

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Described:

Distribution: Guyana, Brazil

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Taxonomic References

Theridion nigrescens Keyserling, 1884a: 42, pl. 2, f. 22 (Df) Original description

Theridion gymnasticum Keyserling, 1884a: 43, pl. 2, f. 23 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054695]

Anelosimus ethicus Levi, 1956b: 416, f. 25, 28-29 (mf; misidentified per Agnarsson, 2005: 395)

Anelosimus nigrescens Agnarsson, 2005: 395, f. 1H-N, 4A-F, 5A-F, 6A-F (mf, removed from S of Anelosimus ethicus [rejecting Levi, 1956b: 416], S of A. gymnasticus [removed from S of A. ethicus, rejecting Levi, 1956b: 416])

Anelosimus nigrescens Agnarsson, 2006b: 584, f. 57B (m)

References

Agnarsson, I. (2005). Revision and phylogenetic analysis of American ethicus and rupununi groups of Anelosimus (Araneae, Theridiidae). Zoologica Scripta 34(4): 389-413. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00189.x -- Show included taxa

Agnarsson, I. (2006b). A revision of the New World eximius lineage of Anelosimus (Araneae, Theridiidae) and a phylogenetic analysis using worldwide exemplars. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146(4): 453-593. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00213.x -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1884a). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. I. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 222 pp., pl. 1-10. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1956b). The spider genera Neottiura and Anelosimus in America (Araneae: Theridiidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 75(4): 407-422. doi: 10.2307/3223613 -- Show included taxa

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