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Genus: Damastes Simon, 1880 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Damastes leo (Simon, 1903)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029076

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

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Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (1624-21398) - (Uharov et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Megaloremmius leo Simon, 1903a: 1025 (Df) Original description

Megaloremmius leo Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 167, f. 103-108 (f)

Damastes leo Uharov et al., 2026: 290, f. 1A-D, 2A-F, 3A-F, 4A-E (Dm, f, T from Megaloremmius)

References

Jäger, P. & Kunz, D. (2005). An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85(2): 163-213. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Uharov, I., Wiśniewski, K., Trębicki, Ł. & Jäger, P. (2026). Redescription of Damastes leo (Simon, 1903), comb. nov. (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Madagascar with first description of the male. ZooKeys 1282: 287-303. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1282.192182 -- 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	Comment
2026-06-18	First description of male	Uharov et al., 2026
2026-06-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Uharov et al., 2026
2026-06-18	Species transferred to new genus	Uharov et al., 2026	Species transferred from Megaloremmius Simon, 1903 to Damastes Simon, 1880