Taxon details

Family: Oonopidae / Genus: Xestaspis

Xestaspis parmata Thorell, 1890

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-04-01
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004906]
  • Distribution: Myanmar, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Lombok). Introduced to USA to Panama, Caribbean, Venezuela, Brazil, Madeira, Cabo Verde, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), São Tomé and Príncipe, St. Helena, Mauritius, Seychelles, Yemen, Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
Type deposit provide information
  • (Syn: Xestaspis insularis) It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France
  • (Syn: Xestaspis oblonga) It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); (Syn: Xestaspis insularis) Gamasomorpha madeirensis Wunderlich, 1987, 1 m (36925-102)
  • Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); (Syn: Xestaspis insularis) Gamasomorpha madeirensis Wunderlich, 1987, 1 f (36926-102)
Taxonomic references
Xestaspis parmata Thorell, 1890a: 391 (Df).
Gamasomorpha paramata Simon, 1893a: 301 (lapsus).
Hytanis oblonga Simon, 1893b: 440 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004937].
Xestaspis bipeltis Thorell, 1895b: 16 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004873].
Gamasomorpha insularis Simon, 1907d: 231 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004884].
Opopaea lutzi Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 61, f. 42-50 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004895].
Gamasomorpha bipeltis Roewer, 1942a: 285.
Opopaea lutzi Chickering, 1969d: 153, f. 22-27 (m, Df).
Gamasomorpha lutzi Brignoli, 1975a: 228 (Tmf from Opopaea).
Gamasomorpha insularis Benoit, 1977b: 38, f. 14a-e (Dm).
Gamasomorpha madeirensis Wunderlich, 1987a: 66, f. 40-43 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004896].
Gamasomorpha insularis Saaristo, 2001a: 311, f. 1A, 2A, 3A, 4, 5A-B, 6-8 (mf, S of Gamasomorpha madeirensis).
Gamasomorpha insularis Saaristo & van Harten, 2006: 133, f. 4-7, 8a-b (m).
Gamasomorpha insularis Saaristo, 2010: 115, f. 22.1-8 (m).
Gamasomorpha lutzi Burger, 2011a: 149, f. 1C-E, 3F-H, 4A-B (mf).
Xestaspis parmata Brescovit et al., 2019b: 6, f. 15-19 (mf, T from Gamasomorpha, S of Gamasomorpha bipeltis, G. insularis, G. lutzi and Hytanis oblonga).
Xestaspis parmata Suzuki, Hidaka & Tatsuta, 2023: 221, f. 2A-P (mf).
References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1977b). Fam. Oonopidae et Tetrablemmidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220: 31-44. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Brescovit, A. D., Bonaldo, A. B., Ott, R. & Chavari, J. L. (2019b). To boldly go: on invasive goblin spiders in Brazil (Araneae, Oonopidae). Iheringia, Série Zoologia 109(e2019033): 1-20. doi:10.1590/1678-4766e2019033 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Brignoli, P. M. (1975a). Ragni del Libano. I. Note su Opopaea punctata (O. Pickard Cambridge, 1872) ed altre specie dello stesso genere (Araneae, Oonopidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 11: 223-233. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Burger, M. (2011a). Structure and function of the female reproductive system in three species of goblin spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Oonopidae). Invertebrate Biology 130(2): 148-160. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2011.00227.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chickering, A. M. (1969d). The family Oonopidae (Araneae) in Florida. Psyche, Cambridge 76(2): 144-162. doi:10.1155/1969/27623 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1929b). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part one. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 30: 1-158. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy, Bremen, 1040 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2001a). Dwarf hunting spiders or Oonopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Seychelles. Insect Systematics & Evolution 32(3): 307-358. doi:10.1163/187631201X00236 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. & Harten, A. van (2006). The oonopid spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) of mainland Yemen. Fauna of Arabia 21: 127-157. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. In: Gerlach, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1907d). Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 1re partie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 43: 218-323. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1893a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 257-488. [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. (1893b). Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887–Avril 1888). 21e Mémoire. Arachnides (1). Familles des Uloboridae, Zoropsidae, Dictynidae, Oecobiidae, Filistatidae, Sicariidae, Leptonetidae, Oonopidae, Dysderidae, Caponiidae, Prodidomidae, Drassidae, Palpimanidae et Zodariidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61(4, 1892): 423-462, pl. 9. [publ. in April 1893] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y., Hidaka, R. & Tatsuta, H. (2023). Revision of goblin spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) in the Nansei Islands, southwest Japan, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 5323(2): 216-242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.3 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1890a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 1. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 28: 5-421. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (1987a). Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen. Triops, Langen, 435 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-04-01 Species distribution update n/a (Old value)
2023-08-01 New taxonomic reference entry Suzuki, Hidaka & Tatsuta, 2023 n/a
2023-08-01 Species distribution update Suzuki, Hidaka & Tatsuta, 2023 n/a (Old value)
2019-09-16 Species synonymy Brescovit et al., 2019b Xestaspis lutzi synonymized with Xestaspis parmata
2019-09-16 Species synonymy Brescovit et al., 2019b Xestaspis insularis synonymized with Xestaspis parmata
2019-09-16 Species synonymy Brescovit et al., 2019b Xestaspis oblonga synonymized with Xestaspis parmata
2019-09-16 Species synonymy Brescovit et al., 2019b Xestaspis bipeltis synonymized with Xestaspis parmata
2019-09-16 Species distribution update Brescovit et al., 2019b n/a (Old value)
2019-09-16 New taxonomic reference entry Brescovit et al., 2019b n/a
2019-09-16 Species transferred to new genus Brescovit et al., 2019b Species transferred from Gamasomorpha to Xestaspis