Cybaeolus pusillus Simon, 1884

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021883

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Described:

Distribution: Chile, Argentina

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f - (Burgo et al., 2025)
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f of Dictyna fuegiana - (Lehtinen, 1967)
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (22122) of Mevianes wilsoni - (Lehtinen, 1967)
  • Lectotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany f (A0000761) of Clitistes velutinus - (Dupérré & Harms, 2018)
Taxonomic References
Cybaeolus pusillus Simon, 1884l: 125 (Df) Original description
Dictyna fuegiana Simon, 1895d: 168 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060541]
Clitistes velutinus Simon, 1902h: 20 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050095]
Dictyna fuegiana Simon, 1904e: 84 (Dm)
Mevianes wilsoni Simon, 1904e: 111 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060542]
Cybaeolus pusillus Lehtinen, 1967: 226, f. 348, 350 (mf, S of Dictyna fuegiana and Mevianes wilsoni)
Mevianes wilsoni Roth, 1967c: 310, pl. 50, f. 9-10 (Dm, f)
Clitistes velutinus Miller, 2007a: 269 (nomen dubium)
Clitistes velutinus Dupérré & Harms, 2018: 8, f. 5A-C (f, removed from nomen dubium)
Cybaeolus pusillus Burgo et al., 2025: 15, f. 1F, 2A-I, K-L, 3A-D, 4A-E, 17A-I, 19A-C, 20A-B, 21A-J, 22A.1-K.3 (mf, S of Clitistes velutinus)
Cybaeolus pusillus Montana et al., 2025: 80 (S of Clitistes velutinus confirmed)
References

Burgo, A., Catley, K., Grismado, C. J., Dupérré, N., Benjamin, S. P., Hormiga, G., Griswold, C., Martínez, L. & Ramírez, M. J. (2025). Systematics of the colour-polymorphic spider genus Cybaeolus, with comments on the phylogeny of the family Hahniidae (Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 203(1, zlae165): 1-45. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae165 -- Show included taxa

Dupérré, N. & Harms, D. (2018). Raising the dead: rediscovery and redescription of some lost spider types (Araneae) described by Eugène Simon. Evolutionary Systematics 2: 1-20. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.24122 -- Show included taxa

Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468. [[second pdf: index and outline by V. D. Roth (unpubl.)]] -- Show included taxa

Miller, J. A. (2007a). Review of erigonine spider genera in the Neotropics (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149(Suppl. 1): 1-263. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00233.x -- Show included taxa

Montana, K. O., Cala-Riquelme, F., Crews, S. C., Gorneau, J. A., Al-Jamal, A. M., Alequín, L. D., Spagna, J. C., Ballarin, F. & Esposito, L. A. (2025). Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2, zlaf007): 1-97. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007 [[2nd pdf contains the Suppl. Figs 1-5]] -- Show included taxa

Roth, V. D. (1967c). A review of the South American spiders of the family Agelenidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 134: 297-345, pl. 50-53. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1884l). Arachnides recueillis par la Mission du Cap Horn en 1882-1883. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9(1-2): 117-144. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895d). Arachnides recueillis a la Terre-de-feu par M. Carlos Backhausen. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 4(2, 1): 167-172. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1902h). Arachnoideen, excl. Acariden und Gonyleptiden. Naturhistorisches Museum zu Hamburg, L. Friederichsen & Co. Hamburg, 6(4), pp. 1-47. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1904e). Etude sur les arachnides du Chili recueillis en 1900, 1901 et 1902, par MM. C. Porter, Dr Delfin, Barcey Wilson et Edwards. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 48: 83-114. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Montana et al., 2025
2025-01-16 New taxonomic reference entry Burgo et al., 2025
2025-01-16 Species synonymy Burgo et al., 2025 Cybaeolus velutinus synonymized with Cybaeolus pusillus

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