Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Witica

Witica crassicauda (Keyserling, 1865)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-06-24
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017147]
  • Distribution: Mexico to Peru
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Taxonomic references
Epeira crassicauda Keyserling, 1865: 806, pl. 18, f. 3-4 (Df) [N.B.: crassicauda is not an adjective].
Salassia tricuspis Gétaz, 1893: 105 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054688].
Cyclosa crassicauda Keyserling, 1893: 270, pl. 14, f. 200 (f).
Witica talis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895a: 160, pl. 16, f. 13 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054687].
Salassina crassicauda Simon, 1895a: 784, f. 853 (f).
Physiola nigrans Simon, 1895a: 876, f. 938-939 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058447].
Bion brevis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 244, pl. 30, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058448].
Vitica thalis Simon, 1903a: 1003 (lapsus, S of Bion brevis and Physiola = Witica nigrans).
Edricus crassicauda F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 500, pl. 47, f. 21 (f).
Edricus tricuspis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 500.
Edricus tricuspis Banks, 1914a: 678, pl. 30, f. 23 (f).
Edricus crassicauda Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 318, f. 192-193 (f).
Witica thalis Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 337, f. 225-226 (m, lapsus).
Witica crassicauda Levi, 1986b: 41, f. 1-5, 8-12, 16-17 (mf, T from Edricus, S of Edricus tricuspis and Witica talis).
Witica crassicauda Levi, 2002: 537, f. 51-52, 245-246 (mf).
References

Banks, N. (1914a). Notes on some Costa Rican spiders. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 65(3, 1913): 676-687, pl 28-30. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gétaz, A. (1893). Fauna arachnologica de Costa Rica. Anales del Instituto Fisico-Geografico y del Museo Nacional de Costa-Rica 4: 103-106. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1865). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orbitelae Latr. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 799-856, pl. 18-21. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1893). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 4, 209-377. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1986b). The orb-weaver genus Witica (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Cambridge 93(1-2): 35-46. doi:10.1155/1986/93154 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (2002). Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. Journal of Arachnology 30(3): 527-562. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0527:KTTGOA]2.0.CO;2 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1930a). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 30: 159-356. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1895a). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 145-160. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1898a). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 233-288, pl. 29-39. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1904). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 465-560, pl. 44-51. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] 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

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. [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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Date Type Reference Detail
2018-10-25 Species updated Keyserling, 1865 Species epithet corrected (Old value)