Cupiennius bimaculatus (Taczanowski, 1874)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039416

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Ecuador

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  • Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Ctenus cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1930, (00144); 1 f (destroyed by the fire 2018) -
Taxonomic References
Ctenus bimaculatus Taczanowski, 1874: 92 (Dj) Original description
Cupiennius celerrimus Simon, 1891a: 111 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020734]
Ctenus cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1930b: 64, f. 24-25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054080]
Ctenus cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1936a: 7, pl. 1, f. 5 (f)
Cupiennius celerrimus Brescovit & Eickstedt, 1995: 642, f. 1-6 (mf, S of Ctenus cuminamensis)
Cupiennius celerrimus Barth & Cordes, 1998: 137, f. 14, 20, 28 (mf)
Cupiennius celerrimus Barth, 2001: 497, f. A2b, A3f, A4f (mf)
Cupiennius celerrimus Barth, 2002: 383, f. A2b, A3f, A4f (mf)
Cupiennius bimaculatus Brescovit & Polotow, 2005: 771 (removed from S of Ancylometes rufus, rejecting Höfer & Brescovit, 2000: 337, S of Cupiennius celerrimus)
Cupiennius celerrimus Barth & Cordes, 2008: 226, f. 8b, 14, 22 (mf)
Cupiennius bimaculatus Sherwood, 2025b: 152, f. 20A-C (m)
References

Barth, F. G. & Cordes, D. (1998). Cupiennius remedius new species (Araneae, Ctenidae), and a key for the genus. Journal of Arachnology 26: 133-141. -- Show included taxa

Barth, F. G. & Cordes, D. (2008). Key to the genus Cupiennius (Araneae, Ctenidae). Stapfia 88: 225-228. -- Show included taxa

Barth, F. G. (2001). Sinne und Verhalten: aus dem Leben einer Spinne. Springer, Berlin, 423 pp. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-56813-8 -- Show included taxa

Barth, F. G. (2002). A spider's world. Senses and behavior. Springer, Berlin, 393 pp. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-04899-3 -- Show included taxa

Brescovit, A. D. & Eickstedt, V. R. D. von (1995). Ocorrência de Cupiennius Simon na América do Sul e redescrição de Cupiennius celerrimus Simon (Araneae, Ctenidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 12: 641-646. -- Show included taxa

Brescovit, A. D. & Polotow, D. (2005). Taxonomic remarks on the genus Cupiennius Simon (Araneae, Ctenidae) and description of C. vodou sp. nov. from Haiti. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22: 771-774. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1930b). Aranhas do Cuminá. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 32: 51-75. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1936a). Contribution à l'etude des Ctenides du Bresil. Festschrift Embrik Strand 1: 1-31. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2025b). Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 121-160. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.1.10 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1891a). Descriptions de quelques arachnides du Costa Rica communiqués pa M. A. Getaz (de Genève). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 16(4): 109-112. -- Show included taxa

Taczanowski, L. (1874). Les aranéides de la Guyane française. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 10: 56-115, pl. 2. -- 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
2025-03-30 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, 2025b
2017-04-14 New taxonomic reference entry Barth, 2002
2017-04-14 New taxonomic reference entry Barth, 2001

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