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Genus: Heteropoda Latreille, 1804 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Heteropoda imbecilla Thorell, 1891

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028894

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Distribution: Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)

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Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f - (Thorell, 1891b)

Taxonomic References

Heteropoda debilis Thorell, 1890c: 144 (Df; preoccupied by L. Koch 1875, see Heteropoda debilis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067525]

Heteropoda imbecilla Thorell, 1891b: 16 (Df; refers apparently to the same specimen, which he described as Heteropoda debilis, see Thorell, 1890c: 144) Original description

Heteropoda imbecilla Roewer, 1955c: 716 (interpreted Thorell, 1891b: 16 as "nom. nov." = replacement name, taken here as S of Heteropoda debilis Thorell)

References

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1890c). Diagnoses aranearum aliquot novarum in Indo-Malesia inventarum. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 30: 132-172. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1891b). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2 [part 1]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 31: 1-352. [pp. 1-352 published in 1891, see the footers; pdf incl. Thorell, 1892a = pp. 353-490 - correction is in progress since Oct. 20, 2026] -- Show included taxa

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