Taxon details

Family: Thomisidae / Genus: Stephanopis

Stephanopis altifrons O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2021-06-22
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031114]
  • Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania)
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; f (118) (Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019)
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; f (555) of Stephanopis depressa (Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019)
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; subadult f (619) of Stephanopis monticola (Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019)
  • Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019); 1m 3f (A0000820-822) of Stephanopis scabra
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany; 2f (3411, 3411a) of Stephanopis scabra (Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019)
  • Syntype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia; 1f (KS.6681) of Stephanopis aspera (Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019)
  • Syntype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; 1m 1j (551) of Stephanopis elongata [Bradley mentioned f] (Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019)
Taxonomic references
Stephanopis altifrons O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869c: 61, pl. 5, f. 33-39 (Df).
Stephanopis depressa Bradley, 1871: 236 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031134].
Stephanopis elongata Bradley, 1871: 236 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031136].
Stephanopis monticola Bradley, 1871: 234 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031150].
Stephanopis altifrons L. Koch, 1874a: 495, pl. 38, f. 1 (f).
Stephanopis scabra L. Koch, 1874a: 505, pl. 38, f. 5-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031167].
Stephanopis aspera Rainbow, 1893a: 471, pl. 22, f. 1-7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031119].
Stephanopis altifrons Simon, 1895a: 1054, f. 1091.
Stephanopis scabra Hickman, 1967: 107, f. 180-182 (mf).
Stephanopis altifrons Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019: 224, f. 619 (mf, S of Stephanopis aspera, S. depressa, S. elongata, S. monticola and S. scabra).
Stephanopis altifrons Machado & Teixeira, 2021: 302, f. 12d, 16d, 19h, 21g (m).
References

Bradley, H. B. (1871). Descriptions of eight new species of Stephanopis (Cambridge). Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 233-238. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hickman, V. V. (1967). Some common spiders of Tasmania. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 112 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1874a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 10-11]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 473-576, pl. 36-44. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A. & Milledge, G. A. (2019). On the Australian bark crab spider genus Stephanopis: taxonomic review and description of seven new species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae). Records of the Australian Museum 71(6): 217-276. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1698 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Machado, M. & Teixeira, R. A. (2021). Phylogenetic relationships in Stephanopinae: systematics of Stephanopis and Sidymella based on morphological characters (Araneae: Thomisidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 21(2): 281-313. doi:10.1007/s13127-020-00472-x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1869c). Descriptions and sketches of some new species of Araneida, with characters of a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 3(13): 52-74, pl. 4-6. doi:10.1080/00222936908695878 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1893a). Descriptions of some new Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2) 7(4): 471-476, pl. 12. 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

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2021-06-22 New taxonomic reference entry Machado & Teixeira, 2021 n/a
2019-09-19 Species synonymy Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019 Stephanopis scabra synonymized with Stephanopis altifrons
2019-09-19 Species synonymy Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019 Stephanopis monticola synonymized with Stephanopis altifrons
2019-09-19 Species synonymy Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019 Stephanopis elongata synonymized with Stephanopis altifrons
2019-09-19 Species synonymy Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019 Stephanopis depressa synonymized with Stephanopis altifrons
2019-09-19 Species synonymy Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019 Stephanopis aspera synonymized with Stephanopis altifrons
2019-09-19 New taxonomic reference entry Machado, Teixeira & Milledge, 2019 n/a
2017-08-03 Taxonomic reference update n/a (Old value)
2017-08-03 Species updated Error corrected (Old value)