Trachelopachys nigrifemur (Mello-Leitão, 1941)

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Museo de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia f (presumably deposited here and destroyed by the fire 2018) - (Pett et al., 2026)
Taxonomic References
Trachelas nigrifemur Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 288, f. 17 (Df) Original description
Trachelas nigrifemur Sherwood & Arzuza, 2025: 88 (unrecognisable, type lost, nomen dubium)
Trachelopachys nigrifemur Pett et al., 2026: 241 (T from Trachelas)
References

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1941b). Catalogo das aranhas da Colombia. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 13: 233-300. -- Show included taxa

Pett, B. L., Grismado, C. J., González Márquez, M. E. & Ramírez, M. J. (2026). On the American spider species formerly placed in Trachelas, with the proposal of the new genus Neochelas and a revision for southern South America (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa 5796(2): 201-245. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.1 [[Zoobank: DC14A843-2776-4140-87F8-4CF6AB4618A1]] -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. & Arzuza Buelvas, D. (2025). A new species of Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 in the bispinosus-group from Colombia (Araneae: Trachelidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 87-89. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-04-23 New taxonomic reference entry Pett et al., 2026
2026-04-23 Species transferred to new genus Pett et al., 2026 Species transferred from Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 to Trachelopachys Simon, 1897
2026-01-09 Taxon is nomen dubium Sherwood & Arzuza, 2025 Taxon declared a nomen dubium

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