Taxon details

Family: Pholcidae / Genus: Modisimus

Modisimus simoni Huber, 1997

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2020-10-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003633]
  • Distribution: Venezuela
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; m (10529) (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
  • Holotype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; m (105575 = MAGS 1405) of Modisimus minimus (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
  • Paratype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 1f (105575 = MAGS 1405) of Modisimus minimus (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
Taxonomic references
Modisimus simoni Huber, 1997a: 235, f. 5, 6A-B, 7 (Dm).
Hedypsillus minimus González-Sponga, 2009a: 10, f. 5a-i (Dmf in generic junior synonym, lapsus in spelling of that name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042585].
Modisimus simoni Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 204, f. 719-720, 725-729 (m, Df, S of Modisimus minimus).
References

González-Sponga, M. A. (2009a). Arácnidos de Venezuela. Cuatro nuevos géneros y cinco especies nuevas de la familia Pholcidae (Araneae). Anartia 21: 1-16. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (1997a). On the distinction between Modisimus and Hedypsilus (Araneae, Pholcidae), with notes on behavior and natural history. Zoologica Scripta 25(3, 1996): 233-240. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00164.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. & Villarreal, O. (2020). On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 718: 1-317. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101 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
2020-10-07 Species synonymy Huber & Villarreal, 2020 Modisimus minimus synonymized with Modisimus simoni
2020-10-07 New taxonomic reference entry Huber & Villarreal, 2020 n/a
2020-10-07 First description of female Huber & Villarreal, 2020 n/a (Old value)
2020-10-07 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Modisimus culicinus (Simon, 1893)
2017-07-28 New taxonomic reference entry González-Sponga, 2010b n/a
2017-07-28 First description of female González-Sponga, 2010b n/a (Old value)