Neospintharus cognatus (Blackwall, 1877)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007013

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Described:

Distribution: Seychelles

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  • Syntype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK 1m 1f - (Roberts, 1978)
Taxonomic References
Epeira cognata Blackwall, 1877: 17, pl. 2, f. 12 (Dmf) Original description
Argyrodes cognatus Saaristo, 1978: 116, f. 149-156 (mf)
Argyrodes cognatus Roberts, 1978: 926, f. 51-56 (mf)
Argyrodes cognatus Saaristo, 2000: 41, f. 1D, 2D, 6A-D (mf)
Argyrodes cognatus Saaristo, 2010: 247, f. 37.39a-b, 47 (mf)
Neospintharus cognatus Pett, Ferreira & Agnarsson, 2025: 24 (T from Argyrodes)
References

Blackwall, J. (1877). A list of spiders captured in the Seychelles Islands, by Professor E. Perceval Wright, M. D., F. L. S.; with descriptions of species supposed to be new to arachnologists. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (2) 3(1): 1-22, pl. 1-2. -- Show included taxa

Pett, B. L., Ferreira, E. & Agnarsson, I. (2025). Megadiverse Madagascar: new species and genera of argyrodine spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae, Argyrodinae) from the eastern rainforest reserve Analamazaotra. Insect Systematics and Diversity 9(6, ixaf047): 1-28. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixaf047 -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. (1978). Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Theridiidae, Mysmenidae and gen. Theridiosoma (Araneidae) (Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 92: 902-939. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (1978). Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Seychelle islands, with notes on taxonomy. Annales Zoologici Fennici 15: 99-126. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2000). Kleptoarasitic [sic] theritiids [sic] spiders of the granitic Seychelles (Araneae, Theridiidae). Phelsuma 8: 35-49. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-11-21 New taxonomic reference entry Pett, Ferreira & Agnarsson, 2025
2025-11-21 Species transferred to new genus Pett, Ferreira & Agnarsson, 2025 Species transferred from Argyrodes to Neospintharus

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