Taxon details

Family: Gnaphosidae / Genus: Afrodrassex

Afrodrassex balrog Haddad & Booysen, 2022

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2022-10-04
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055862]
  • Distribution: Angola, South Africa
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa; f (2014/1936) (Haddad & Booysen, 2022)
  • Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa; 1m 6f (2009/719, 2014/1939, 2015/4269, 2016/3487, 2020/703) (Haddad & Booysen, 2022)
Taxonomic references
Afrodrassex balrog Haddad & Booysen, 2022: 7, f. 1-2, 7-8, 11-38 (Dmf).
References

Haddad, C. R. & Booysen, R. (2022). The ground spider genera Leptodrassex Murphy, 2007 and Leptopilos Levy, 2009 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in southern Africa, including the description of a new genus and seven new species. Zootaxa 5941(1): 1-32. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5194.1.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Detail
2022-10-04 New taxonomic reference entry Haddad & Booysen, 2022 n/a
2022-10-04 New species inserted Haddad & Booysen, 2022 n/a