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Genus: Xyphinus Simon, 1893 | Family: Oonopidae Simon, 1890

Xyphinus acutus Kranz-Baltensperger, 2014

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047210

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Described:

Distribution: Borneo (Malaysia, Indonesia)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Naturalis, National Museum of Natural History = Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (RMNH), Leiden, Netherlands m - (Kranz-Baltensperger, 2014)
Paratype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA 5m 7f (ENT 9039825) - (Kranz-Baltensperger, 2014)
Paratype: Naturalis, National Museum of Natural History = Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (RMNH), Leiden, Netherlands 7m 3f - (Kranz-Baltensperger, 2014)
Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 4m (ARTO-0025372) - (Kranz-Baltensperger, 2014)

Taxonomic References

Xyphinus acutus Kranz-Baltensperger, 2014: 41, f. 33A-H, 34A-G, 35A-F, 36A-D (Dmf) Original description

References

Kranz-Baltensperger, Y. (2014). The goblin spider genus Xyphinus (Araneae; Oonopidae). Zootaxa 3870(1): 1-79. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3870.1.1 -- 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	Old value	Comment
2014-10-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Kranz-Baltensperger, 2014
2014-10-13	New species inserted	Kranz-Baltensperger, 2014