Taxon details


Microctenonyx subitaneus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-06-24
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011797]
  • Distribution: Europe, Macaronesia, North Africa to Kyrgyzstan. Introduced to USA, Chile, Argentina, Kenya, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; m (2324.B.948) of Aulacocyba parisiensis (Millidge, 1977)
  • Neotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; m (4340 (ii)), validity of neotype doubtful, type material of Erigone subitanea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 (Locket, 1964)
  • Paratype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; f (4340 (v)) (Locket, 1964)
  • Syntype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland (database search of type material, 08.04.2019); 1f (ARAN-01544a) of Gongylidiellum maderianum (Millidge, 1977)
Taxonomic references
Erigone alexandrina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873a: 755, pl. 65, f. 12 (Dmf; suppressed for lack of use under ICZN Article 79, see Bosmans, 1994a: 234) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058637].
Erigone pulicaria Thorell, 1875b: 64 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058640].
Erigone pulicaria Thorell, 1875c: 47 (Dmf).
Erigone subitanea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875e: 249, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dm).
Walckenaera subitanea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 144.
Plaesiocraerus pulicarius Simon, 1884a: 777.
Tapinocyba subitanea Simon, 1884a: 783, f. 697-699 (m, Df).
Tapinocyba parisiensis Simon, 1884a: 784, f. 700-701 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058639].
Tapinocyba alexandrina Simon, 1884a: 784.
Dactylopisthes pauper Simon, 1884a: 593 (f; misidentified per Bosmans, 2007: 118).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Dahl, 1886: 80.
Tapinocyba subitanea Becker, 1896: 148, pl. 12, f. 5 (mf).
Tapinocyba subitanea Smith, 1901a: 333, p. 334: f. 1d, 2d (m).
Tapinocyba subitanea Bösenberg, 1902: 207, pl. 18, f. 290 (m).
Tapinocyba subitanea Lessert, 1904: 319, pl. 5, f. 19-20 (mf).
Tapinocyba subitanea Jackson, 1905: 254, pl. 7, f. 1a-b, 2a-b, 3a-b, 4a-b, 5b, 6b, 7, 8a-b (mf, S of Tapinocyba parisiensis; rejected by Simon, 1926: 441).
Lophocarenum domiciliorum Emerton, 1911: 392, pl. 3, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058636].
Tapinocyba alexandrina Simon, 1926: 399, f. 709 (m).
Aulacocyba subitanea Simon, 1926: 441, 518, f. 780 (mf).
Aulacocyba parisiensis Simon, 1926: 441, 518 (revalidated, rejecting Jackson, 1905: 254).
Alioranus pauper Simon, 1926: 371, f. 662 (f; misidentified per Bosmans, 2007: 118).
Alaxchelicera ordinaria Butler, 1932: 108, pl. 2, f. 14-17 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009372].
Troxochrus subitaneus Hull, 1933: 108.
Aulacocyba subitanea Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 131, pl. 4, f. 93-98 (mf, S of Lophocarenum domiciliorum).
Gongylidiellum maderianum Schenkel, 1938a: 13, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058638].
Aulacocyba subitanea Denis, 1948a: 29, f. 20-21 (m).
Aulacocyba subitanea Hackman, 1952b: 73, f. 3a-d (m).
Aulacocyba subitanea Locket & Millidge, 1953: 270, f. 163A-B, E, G (mf).
Aulacocyba subitanea Tullgren, 1955: 312, f. 17a-g (mf).
Aulacocyba subitanea Brændegaard, 1958: 49, f. 44-46 (mf).
Aulacocyba subitanea Wiehle, 1960a: 458, f. 846-853 (mf).
Aulacocyba subitanea Merrett, 1963b: 409, f. 82 (m).
Aulacocyba subitanea Miller, 1971: 274, pl. LVII, f. 10, pl. LVIII, f. 4 (mf).
Aulacocyba subitanea Georgescu, 1973a: 127, f. 14, 17, 20 (m).
Aulacocyba subitanea Palmgren, 1976: 43, f. 17.21-24 (mf).
Aulacocyba subitanea Millidge, 1977: 37, f. 140, 144 (m, S of Diplocephalus pulicarius and Gongylidiellum maderianum, S of Aulacocyba parisiensis, confirming Jackson, 1905: 254, rejecting Simon, 1926: 441).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Roberts, 1987: 75, f. 31h, 32b (mf).
Tapinocyba subitanea Wunderlich, 1987a: 167, f. 456 (f).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Millidge, 1988a: 62, f. 301, 308-311 (mf).
Microctenonyx subitanea Scharff, 1990b: 135.
Microctenonyx subitaneus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 216, f. 583 (mf).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Bosmans, 1994a: 234 (S of Tapinocyba alexandrina).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Agnarsson, 1996: 94, f. 89A-C (mf).
Microctenonyx subitanea Bosmans, 2007: 133, f. 109-115 (mf).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Miller, 2007a: 159, f. 123A-F, 124B (mf).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Gnelitsa, 2009a: 195, f. 4a-g (m).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Scharff & Hormiga, 2013: 194, f. 1-3 (m, S of Alaxchelicera ordinaria).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Grismado, Peralta & Porta, 2020: 53, f. 3a-d (f).
Microctenonyx subitaneus Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2023: 70, f. 22 (f).
References

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Bosmans, R. (2007). Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XII. Miscellaneous erigonine genera and additional records (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 143: 117-163. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Butler, L. S. G. (1932). Studies in Australian spiders. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 44: 103-117. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Dahl, F. (1886). Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins. Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein 6: 65-102. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Emerton, J. H. (1911). New spiders from New England. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 16: 383-407. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Georgescu, M. (1973a). La position systématique des genres Tapinocyba E. Simon et Aulacocyba E. Simon. La description d'une nouvelle espèce: Tapinocyba silvestris. Travaux de l’Institut de Spéologie “Émile Racovitza” 12: 127-134. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gnelitsa, V. A. (2009a). A survey of Crimean Linyphiidae (Aranei). 1. On seven rare and little known linyphiids from Crimea. Arthropoda Selecta 17: 191-202. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Grismado, C. J., Peralta, L. & Porta, A. O. (2020). Two new records of exotic spiders for Argentina (Arachnida: Araneae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 79(2): 52-55. doi:10.25085/rsea.790208 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hackman, W. (1952b). Contributions to the knowledge of Finnish spiders. Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 27: 69-79. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hull, J. E. (1933). Nomenclature of British linyphiid spiders: A brief examination of Simon's French catalogue. Transactions of the Northern Naturalists' Union 1(2, 1932): 104-110. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Jackson, A. R. (1905). The genus Tapinocyba. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (N.S.) 1(2): 248-261, pl. 7-8. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2023). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – first note – on new records of cave spiders. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 44-71. doi:10.30963/aramit6607 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Miller, F. (1971). Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Miller, J. A. (2007a). Review of erigonine spider genera in the Neotropics (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149(Suppl. 1): 1-263. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00233.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Millidge, A. F. (1988a). The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Linyphiidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 35-67. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Scharff, N. (1990b). A catalogue of African Linyphiidae (Araneae). Steenstrupia 16: 117-152. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-12-31 New taxonomic reference entry Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2023 n/a
2020-11-24 New taxonomic reference entry Smith, 1901a n/a
2020-10-20 Species distribution update Tanasevitch, 2020g n/a (Old value)
2020-06-30 New taxonomic reference entry Grismado, Peralta & Porta, 2020 n/a
2020-06-30 Species distribution update Grismado, Peralta & Porta, 2020 n/a (Old value)