Taxon details

Family: Palpimanidae / Genus: Ikuma

Ikuma spiculosa (Lawrence, 1927)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: j
  • Last updated: 2022-10-05
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005540]
  • Distribution: Namibia
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC), South Africa; j (ENW-B006293) (Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b)
  • Holotype: Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (formerly Transvaal Museum) (TMSA), Pretoria, South Africa; j (not found) of Ikuma squamata (Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b)
Taxonomic references
Palpimanus spiculosus Lawrence, 1927: 23 (Dj).
Ikuma spiculosa Lawrence, 1938b: 217.
Ikuma squamata Lawrence, 1938b: 217, f. 3 (Df; not adult per Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b: 111) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005541].
Ikuma spiculosa Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b: 110, f. 1A-D (S of Ikuma squamata).
References

Lawrence, R. F. (1927). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa V. Arachnida. Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 1-75, pl. 1-4. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1938b). Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Spiders. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19: 215-226. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zonstein, S. & Marusik, Y. M. (2022b). Redescription of the poorly known genus Ikuma Lawrence, with synonymy and description of a new species from Namibia (Araneae, Palpimanidae). African Invertebrates 63(2): 105-119. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.63.90530 download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-10-05 New taxonomic reference entry Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b n/a
2022-10-05 Species synonymy Zonstein & Marusik, 2022b Ikuma squamata synonymized with Ikuma spiculosa