Taxon details

Family: Miturgidae / Genus: Mituliodon

Mituliodon tarantulinus (L. Koch, 1873)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-10-24
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023619]
  • Distribution: Timor, Australia
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f (16195) of Miturga whistleri (Raven, Hebron & Williams, 2023)
  • Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019); m (A0000038) of Zora tarantulina L. Koch, 1873
  • Holotype: Queen Victoria Museum (QVM) and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; f (13:7326) of Miturga splendens (Raven, Hebron & Williams, 2023)
  • Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019); 1m (A0000043) of Miturga whistleri [but the m was never described]
  • Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019); j (A0000039) of Zora australiensis L. Koch, 1873
Taxonomic references
Zora australiensis L. Koch, 1873: 441, pl. 34, f. 7 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023614].
Zora torva L. Koch, 1873: 444, pl. 34, f. 9 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023620].
Zora tarantulina L. Koch, 1873: 445, pl. 35, f. 1 (Dm).
Uliodon tarantulinum Simon, 1897a: 106.
Uliodon australiensis Simon, 1897a: 111.
Uliodon torva Simon, 1897a: 111.
Syspira rubicunda Hogg, 1900: 108, pl. 16, f. 2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023601].
Miturga maculata Hogg, 1900: 109, pl. 16, f. 3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023535].
Miturga whistleri Simon, 1909d: 171 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023543].
Miturga velox Hickman, 1930: 114, f. 17-19, pl. 25-26 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023542].
Miturga splendens Hickman, 1930: 109, pl. 24, f. 15-16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023540].
Uliodon tarantulina Griswold, 1993: 8, f. 47-49 (m, Df).
Uliodon tarantulinus Silva-Dávila, 2003: 47, f. 17b (m).
Mituliodon tarantulinus Raven & Stumkat, 2003: 111, f. 1-11 (mf, T from Uliodon, S of Miturga maculata, M. velox, Syspira rubicunda, Uliodon australiensis and U. torva).
Mituliodon tarantulinus Ramírez, 2014: 260, f. 175A (f).
Mituliodon tarantulinus Raven, Hebron & Williams, 2023: 10 (S of Miturga splendens and M. whistleri).
References

Griswold, C. E. (1993). Investigations into the phylogeny of the lycosoid spiders and their kin (Arachnida: Araneae: Lycosoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 539: 1-39. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hickman, V. V. (1930). Studies in Tasmanian spiders. Part IV. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1929: 87-122. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hogg, H. R. (1900). A contribution to our knowledge of the spiders of Victoria: including some new species and genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (N.S.) 13: 68-123, pl. 13-17. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1873). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 8-9]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 369-472, pl. 28-36. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Ramírez, M. J. (2014). The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 390: 1-374. Link doi:10.1206/821.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J. & Stumkat, K. (2003). Problem solving in the spider families Miturgidae, Ctenidae and Psechridae (Araneae) in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Arachnology 31(1): 105-121. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0105:PSITSF]2.0.CO;2 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Raven, R. J., Hebron, W. & Williams, K. (2023). Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders VI: five new stripe-less miturgid genera and 48 new species (Miturgidae: Miturginae). Zootaxa 5358(1): 1-117. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5358.1.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Silva-Dávila, D. (2003). Higher-level relationships of the spider family Ctenidae (Araneae: Ctenoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 274: 1-86. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2003)274<0001:HLROTS>2.0.CO;2 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-192. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1909d). Araneae. 2e partie. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Band 1, Lieferung 12. Jena 2(13), 152-212. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-10-24 Species synonymy Raven, Hebron & Williams, 2023 Mituliodon whistleri synonymized with Mituliodon tarantulinus
2023-10-24 New taxonomic reference entry Raven, Hebron & Williams, 2023 n/a
2023-10-24 Species synonymy Raven, Hebron & Williams, 2023 Mituliodon splendens synonymized with Mituliodon tarantulinus
2014-07-25 New taxonomic reference entry Ramírez, 2014 n/a