Taxon details

Family: Sparassidae / Genus: Palystes

Palystes castaneus (Latreille, 1819)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-12-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029375]
  • Distribution: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; Thomisus castaneus Latreille, 1819; f
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; Palystes chaperi Simon, 1880, (3242); m
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; Olios fuscus Walckenaer, 1837; f
  • Neotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; Palystes frenatus L. Koch, 1875; f
  • Syntype: Zoologisches Institut Tübingen, Germany; type material destroyed 1945; Palystes frenatus L. Koch, 1875, (type material destroyed 1945); 3f
Taxonomic references
Thomisus castaneus Latreille, 1819: vol. 34, p. 30 (D).
Olios castaneus Walckenaer, 1837: 571 (Dm).
Olios fuscus Walckenaer, 1837: 573 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063313].
Ocypete melanogaster C. L. Koch, 1845: 31, f. 975 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063314].
Ocypete nobilis C. L. Koch, 1845: 37, f. 979 (f; misidentified per Simon, 1880a: 262).
Palystes frenatus L. Koch, 1875a: 705, pl. 60, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063315].
Palystes castaneus Simon, 1880a: 262 (S of Olios fuscus and Palystes frenatus).
Palystes chaperi Simon, 1880a: 263 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063308].
Olios melanogaster Simon, 1880a: 298.
Palystes castaneus Pocock, 1896a: 63, pl. 8, f. 9 (mf).
Palystes castaneus Simon, 1897a: 63, f. 53, 56, 58 (m, S of Olios melanogaster).
Palystes castaneus Järvi, 1912: 66, pl. 5, f. 9-10 (f).
Palystes castaneus Järvi, 1914: 183.
Palystes castaneus Lamoral, 1973: 614, f. 1-8 (m).
Palystes castaneus Croeser, 1996: 25, f. 1-21 (mf, S of Palystes chaperi).
Palystes castaneus Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 168, f. 174-188 (mf).
Palystes castaneus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 38, 5 f. (mf).
References

Croeser, P. M. C. (1996). A revision of the African huntsman spider genus Palystes L. Koch 1875 (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 37: 1-122. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2022b). The Sparassidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 71 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6614498 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. & Kunz, D. (2005). An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85(2): 163-213. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Järvi, T. H. (1914). Das Vaginalsystem der Sparassiden. II. Spezieller Teil. Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae (A) 4: 118-235. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Järvi, T. H. (1912). Das Vaginalsystem der Sparassiden. I. Allgemeiner Teil. Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae (A) 4: 1-131, pl. 1-11. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1845). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Zwölfter Band, pp. 1-166, pl. 397-432 (f. 960-1077). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1875a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 12-16]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 577-740, pl. 44-65. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lamoral, B. H. (1973). On the morphology, anatomy, histology and function of the tarsal organ on the pedipalpi of Palystes castaneus (Sparassidae, Araneida). Annals of the Natal Museum 21: 609-648. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P. A. (1819). [Articles sur les araignées]. In: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle Édition. Deterville, Paris, Tome 30-36. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20211 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1896a). Descriptions of some new South African spiders of the family Heteropodidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 17(97): 55-64, pl. 8. doi:10.1080/00222939608680323 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1880a). Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 34(2/3/4): 223-351. [issue 3 and 4 were published in 1881, but a complete seperate extract was available in 1880, see the last page of the pdf] 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

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. [plates in second pdf] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-06-05 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b n/a
2022-06-05 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b n/a (Old value)