Taxon details


Latrodectus apicalis Butler, 1877

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-12-22
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007800]
  • Distribution: Galapagos
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Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Latrodectus apicalis Butler, 1877: 75, pl. 13, f. 5 (Df).
Latrodectus apicalis Roth & Craig, 1970: 121 (removed from S of Latrodectus mactans, rejecting Petrunkevitch, 1911: 181).
Latrodectus apicalis Baert et al., 2023: 32, f. 117A-D (mf).
References

Baert, L., Maelfait, J.-P., Desender, K., Hendrickx, F., Dekoninck, W., Berthet, M., Bouckaert, K., Caudron, J. & Leclercq, M. (2023). Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands. Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1-188. [includes figs of 5 undescribed species] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Butler, A. G. (1877). Myriopoda and Arachnida. In: Günther, A. (ed.). Account of the zoological collection made during the visit of H. M. S. "Peterel" to the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 45(1): 75-77, Pl. XIII. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roth, V. D. & Craig, P. R. (1970). Arachnida of the Galapagos Islands. Mission Zoologique Belge aux Îles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964–1965), Résultats Scientifiques 2: 107-124. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Date Type Reference Detail
2024-12-22 New taxonomic reference entry Baert et al., 2023 n/a