Taxon details

Family: Linyphiidae / Genus: Walckenaeria

Walckenaeria nigeriensis Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-02-15
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013345]
  • Distribution: Nigeria, DR Congo, Kenya
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; f (1979.7.26.4) (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980)
  • Holotype: Zoological Museum of Uppsala University (ZMUU/UUZM), Uppsala, Sweden; m (233) of Walckenaeria macrops (Holm, 1984)
  • Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; 2f (Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980)
  • Paratype: Zoological Museum of Uppsala University (ZMUU/UUZM), Uppsala, Sweden; 2m (42, 81) of Walckenaeria macrops (Holm, 1984)
  • Allotype: Zoological Museum of Uppsala University (ZMUU/UUZM), Uppsala, Sweden; f (233) of Walckenaeria macrops [N.B.: mismatched per Bosmans, 1988] (Holm, 1984)
Taxonomic references
Walckenaeria nigeriensis Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980: 69, f. 47 (Df).
Walckenaeria macrops Holm, 1984: 149, f. 6, 85-93 (Dmf; f is mismatched, see Bosmans, 1988: 25) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059982].
Walckenaeria nigeriensis Bosmans, 1988: 25, f. 10a-g (mf, Sm of Walckenaeria macrops).
References

Bosmans, R. (1988). Scientific report of the Belgian Cameroon expeditions 1981 and 1983. No. 18. Further Erigoninae and Mynogleninae (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Cameroonian highlands. Revue Zoologique Africaine 102: 5-32. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Holm, Å. (1984). The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part II. The genus Walckenaeria Blackwall (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zoologica Scripta 13(2): 135-153. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1984.tb00030.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H. & Russell-Smith, A. (1980). Spiders of the family Linyphiidae from Nigeria. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5(2): 54-90. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Date Type Reference Detail
2024-02-15 Species distribution update Holm, 1984 n/a (Old value)