Taxon details

Family: Pisauridae / Genus: Afropisaura

Afropisaura rothiformis (Strand, 1908)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2022-10-11
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019501]
  • Distribution: Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Somalia, DR Congo, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, South Africa
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Pisaura rothiformis orientalis Strand, 1913, (16172-137)
  • Holotype: Museum Wiesbaden, formerly Naturhistorisches Museum (MWNH), Wiesbaden, Germany; m (Nr. 478) (Jäger, 1998b)
Taxonomic references
Pisaura rothiformis Strand, 1908e: 278 (Dm).
Pisaura rothiformis orientalis Strand, 1913a: 420 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061017].
Rothus faradjensis Lessert, 1928: 336, f. 21-22 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061016].
Pisaura rothiformis Roewer, 1955b: 220, f. 84a-e (mf, S of Pisaura rothiformis orientalis).
Pisaura faradjensis Roewer, 1955b: 225, f. 86a-e (mf).
Afropisaura rothiformis Blandin, 1976c: 930, f. 20, 22, 25, 27 (mf, T from Pisaura, S of Pisaura faradjensis).
Afropisaura rothiformis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 8, 7 f. (mf).
References

Blandin, P. (1976c). Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines VI. Définition des genres Pisaura Simon, 1885, Pisaurellus Roewer, 1961, Afropisaura n. gen. et mise au point sur les espèces des genres Afropisaura and Pisaurellus (Araneae Pisauridae Pisaurinae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 90(4): 917-939. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020q). The Pisauridae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 61 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7157775 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1928). Araignées du Congo recueillies au cours de l'expedition par l'American Museum (1909-1915). Deuxieme partie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 35: 303-352. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955b). Araneae Lycosaeformia I. (Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Pisauridae) mit Berücksichtigung aller Arten der äthiopischen Region. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 30: 1-420. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1908e). Exotisch-araneologisches. I. Amerikanische, hauptsächlich in Peru, Bolivien und Josemitetal in Californien gesammelte Spinnen. II. Spinnen aus Kamerun. III. Übersicht der bekannten Hysterocrates-Arten. IV. Zur Kenntnis der Aranea rufipalpis (Luc.). Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 61: 223-295. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1913a). Arachnida. I. In: Schubotz, H. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig. 4(Zool. 2), 325-474. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7048 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-10-11 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q n/a
2022-10-11 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q n/a (Old value)