Taxon details
Rhinocosmetus xiphias (Thorell, 1887)
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2024-04-03
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007183]
- Distribution: China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia (Borneo, Krakatau?), Japan?, Taiwan?
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- Lectotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy; m (Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2024)
- Paralectotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019); 1m 4f (A0002360)
- Paralectotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy; 1f (Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2024)
- Paralectotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden; 1m (GULI 000105413) (Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2024)
Argyrodes xiphias Workman, 1896: 62, pl. 62 (mf).
Argyrodes levii Zhu & Song, 1991: 138, f. 10A-D (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060462].
Argyrodes levii Song, Zhu & Li, 1993: 855, f. 7A-D (mf).
Argyrodes xiphias Yoshida, 1993d: 83, f. 1-4 (mf, S of Argyrodes carnicobarensis and A. levii; Rhinocosmetus carnicobarensis revalidated by Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2024: 89).
Argyrodes xiphias Zhu, 1998: 218, f. 143A-D (mf).
Argyrodes xiphias Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 103, f. 48A-B, E (mf).
Argyrodes xiphias Xu, Yin & Kim, 2000: 87, f. 4-5 (f).
Argyrodes xiphias Yoshida, 2003a: 144, f. 387-390 (mf).
Faiditus xiphias Agnarsson, 2004: 479 (T from Argyrodes).
Faiditus xiphias Yoshida, 2009b: 386, f. 276-278 (mf).
Faiditus xiphias Yin et al., 2012: 350, f. 143a-d (mf).
Rhinocosmetus xiphias Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2024: 60, 89, 90, f. 4D, 5A, 6A, 47A-I, 48A-D, 49, 50A-D (mf, T from Faiditus, S of Faiditus levii confirmed).
Agnarsson, I. (2004). Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 447-626. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00120.x 
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Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Li, S. Q. (1993). Arachnida: Araneae. In: Huang, C. M. (ed.) Animals of Longqi Mountain. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 852-890. -- Show included taxa
Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1887). Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 25: 5-417. -- Show included taxa
Vanuytven, H., Jocqué, R. & Deeleman-Reinhold, C. (2024). Two new theridiid genera from Southeast Asia (Araneae: Theridiidae, Argyrodinae): males with a nose for courtship. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 39(1, supplement): 1-96. -- Show included taxa
Workman, T. (1896). Malaysian spiders. Belfast, pp. 25-104. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972 -- Show included taxa
Xu, X., Yin, C. M. & Kim, J. P. (2000). One new species of the genus Argyrodes Simon, 1864 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from China. Korean Arachnology 16(2): 85-89. -- Show included taxa
Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 1590 pp. -- Show included taxa
Yoshida, H. (1993d). Notes on Argyrodes xiphias Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from South East Asia. Acta Arachnologica 42(1): 83-85. doi:10.2476/asjaa.42.83 -- Show included taxa
Yoshida, H. (2003a). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp. -- Show included taxa
Yoshida, H. (2009b). Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 142-147, 356-393, 467-468. -- Show included taxa
Zhu, M. S. & Song, D. X. (1991). Notes on the genus Argyrodes from China (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Hebei Pedagogic College (nat. Sci.) 1991(4): 130-146. -- Show included taxa
Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-03 | Species distribution update | Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2024 | n/a (Old value) |
| 2024-04-03 | Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon | Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Rhinocosmetus carnicobarensis (Tikader, 1977) | |
| 2024-04-03 | New taxonomic reference entry | Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2024 | n/a |
| 2024-04-03 | Species transferred to new genus | Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2024 | Species transferred from Faiditus to Rhinocosmetus |
| 2014-08-11 | Species distribution update | n/a (Old value) | |
| 2014-03-03 | Species distribution update | Gao & Li, 2014 | n/a (Old value) |