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Genus: Hermippus Simon, 1893 | Family: Zodariidae Thorell, 1881

Hermippus septemguttatus Lawrence, 1942

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025784

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Described:

Distribution: Mozambique, South Africa

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Lectotype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa m (1785) - (Jocqué, 1986a)
Paralectotype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 1jf (1785) - (Jocqué, 1986a)

Taxonomic References

Hermippus septemguttatus Lawrence, 1942: 146, f. 3a-b (Df) Original description

Hermippus septemguttatus Jocqué, 1986a: 18, f. 8 (f)

Hermippus septemguttatus Logghe & Jocqué, 2023: 99, f. 5A-D, 6A-E, 7A-B (Dm, f)

Hermippus septemguttatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024b: 12, f. 1-6 (mf)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Jocqué, R., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2024b). The Zodariidae of South Africa. Part 2 (H-T). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 49 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14568995 -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. (1986a). A revision of the genus Hermippus Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Zodariidae). Journal of Natural History 20(1): 7-22. doi: 10.1080/00222938600770021 -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1942). A contribution to the araneid fauna of Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 10: 141-190. -- Show included taxa

Logghe, G. & Jocqué, R. (2023). A new species of Hermippus Simon, 1893 from Tanzania and the description of the male of H. septemguttatus Lawrence, 1942 (Araneae, Zodariidae). Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 38(2): 91-115. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2024-12-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024b
2023-12-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Logghe & Jocqué, 2023
2023-12-28	First description of male	Logghe & Jocqué, 2023	Old value
2023-12-28	Species distribution update	Logghe & Jocqué, 2023	Old value