Sorkinius maillardi (Vinson, 1863)

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Described:

Distribution: Seychelles, Reunion


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: f (repository unknown) - (Sherwood et al., 2025h)
  • Neotype: Museum of Natural History, La Réunion Island (MHNRé) f (2025.E.10.1) - (Sherwood et al., 2025h)
  • Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (Ara 156659) of Xerophaeus oceanicus  - (Sherwood et al., 2025h)
  • Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 2j (Ara 156659) of Xerophaeus oceanicus  - (Sherwood et al., 2025h)
  • Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (143231) of Xerophaeus espoir  - (Platnick, 1981a)
Taxonomic References
Drassus maillardii Vinson, 1863: 115, f. 4a-b (Df) Original description
Drassus maillardii Roewer, 1955c: 1471 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)
Xerophaeus espoir Platnick, 1981a: 454, f. 5-6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028069]
Xerophaeus oceanicus Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983: 356, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028081]
Xerophaeus espoir Saaristo, 2010: 75, f. 11.17-20 (mf)
Xerophaeus espoir Marusik, 2010b: 7, f. 1-10 (m, Df)
Xerophaeus oceanicus Marusik & Haddad, 2025: 83 (probable junior S of Drassodes maillardi, currently a nomen dubium)
Drassodes maillardi Marusik & Haddad, 2025: 83 (probable senior S of Xerophaeus oceanicus)
Sorkinius maillardi Sherwood et al., 2025h: 10, f. 1A-C, 2A-H, 3A-F, 4A-B, 5A-F, 6A-I, 7A-D (Dm, f, T from Drassodes, removed from nomen dubium, S of Xerophaeus espoir and X. oceanicus)
References

Marusik, Y. M. (2010b). First description of the female of Xerophaeus espoir Platnick, 1981 (Aranei: Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 19(1): 7-9. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.19.1.02 -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. & Haddad, C. R. (2025). On the placement and affiliations of the Drassodes species described from sub-Saharan Africa (Aranei: Gnaphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 77-85. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.1.07 -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. (1981a). Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972), Araneae: Gnaphosidae. Revue Zoologique Africaine 95: 451-457. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. In: Gerlach, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. & Jocqué, R. (1983). Spinnen von der Insel Réunion (Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 97(2): 353-364. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Jocqué, R., Cazanove, G. & Derepas, B. (2025h). Studies on spider nomenclature V: the taxonomic status of Drassus maillardii Vinson, 1863, with two new synonymies, a neotype, new combinations and a new genus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 9-18. -- Show included taxa

Vinson, A. (1863). Aranéides des îles de La Réunion, Maurice et Madagascar. Librairie Classique Eugène Belin, Paris, 337 pp., pl. 1-14. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.125517 -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-01-07 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2025h
2026-01-07 Species transferred to new genus Sherwood et al., 2025h Species transferred from Drassodes Westring, 1851 to Sorkinius Sherwood, Jocqué, Cazanove & Derepas, 2025
2026-01-07 Species distribution update Sherwood et al., 2025h Old value
2026-01-07 Species updated Sherwood et al., 2025h Old value
2026-01-07 Species updated Sherwood et al., 2025h Old value
2025-03-26 New taxonomic reference entry Marusik & Haddad, 2025

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