Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Gasteracantha

Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2022-06-08
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016020]
  • Distribution: Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Eswatini
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Gasteracantha petersi Karsch, 1878, (2851)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Gasteracantha resupinata Gerstäcker, 1873, (2929)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Gasteracantha toxotes Gerstäcker, 1873, (2360)
Taxonomic references
Gasteracantha toxotes Gerstaecker, 1873: 489 (Df).
Gasteracantha resupinata Gerstaecker, 1873: 490, pl. 18, f. 8 (Df).
Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873a: 158, pl. 4, f. 10 (Df).
Gasteracantha petersii Karsch, 1878a: 322, pl. 1, f. 6 (Df).
Gasteracantha falciformis Simon, 1895a: 840 (lapsus).
Gasteracantha falcicornis Dahl, 1914: 276.
Gasteracantha falcicornis Emerit, 1974: 107, f. 46D-F (f).
Gasteracantha falcicornis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 6, 4 f. (f habitus).
References

Butler, A. G. (1873a). A monographic list of the species of Gasteracantha or crab-spiders, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 153-180. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dahl, F. (1914). Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235-301. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022e). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 2 (E-Ne). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 64 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6619195 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Emerit, M. (1974). Arachnides araignées Araneidae Gasteracanthinae. Faune Madagascar 38: 1-215. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gerstaecker, A. (1873). Arachnoidea. In: Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. Nach dem von Dr. O. Kersten während der v. d. Decken'schen Ost-Afrikanischen Expedition im Jahre 1862 und von C. Cooke auf der Insel Sansibar im Jahre 1864 gesammelten Material. C. F. Winter, Leipzig, pp. 461-503, pl. 18 (Araneae: pp. 473-503). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10149 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1878a). Übersicht der von Peters in Mossambique gesammelten Arachniden. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1878: 314-338. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-06-08 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e n/a
2022-06-08 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e n/a (Old value)