Taxon details

Family: Theridiidae / Genus: Steatoda

Steatoda sagax (Blackwall, 1865)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: j
  • Last updated: 2025-01-02
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008114]
  • Distribution: Cape Verde Is.
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; j (lost) (Sherwood, 2024b)
Taxonomic references
Theridion sagax Blackwall, 1865a: 93 (Dj).
Teutana sagax Simon, 1883: 302.
Steatoda sagax Sherwood, 2024b: 200 (immature, type lost, unidentifiable, nomen dubium).
References

Blackwall, J. (1865a). Descriptions of recently discovered spiders collected in the Cape de Verde Islands by John Gray, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 16(92): 80-101. doi:10.1080/00222936508679383 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi:10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1883). Études arachnologiques. 14e Mémoire. XXI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique des îles de l'Océan Atlantique (Açores, Madère, Salvages, Canaries, Cap Vert, Sainte-Hélène et Bermudes). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 3: 259-314. 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
2025-01-02 Taxon is nomen dubium Sherwood, 2024b Steatoda sagax (Blackwall, 1865) declared a nomen dubium
2025-01-02 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, 2024b n/a