Taxon details


Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-11-04
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016056]
  • Distribution: Africa, St. Helena, Seychelles, Yemen (mainland, Socotra)
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; type material destroyed 1944; j of Gasteracantha abyssinica Strand, 1907
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844, (1214)
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; f (1978.11.1.45) of Gasteracantha sanguinolenta emeriti (Roberts, 1983)
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Gasteracantha impotens Gerstäcker, 1873, (2357)
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Gasteracantha occidentalis F. Dahl, 1914, (3653, 25724–28, 26020)
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Gasteracantha radiata Gerstäcker, 1873, (2358)
Taxonomic references
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844: 51, f. 875 (Df).
Gasteracantha ensifera Thorell, 1859: 302 (Df).
Gasteracantha ornata Thorell, 1859: 302 (Df).
Gasteracantha lepida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871c: 821, pl. 50, f. 2 (Df).
Gasteracantha radiata Gerstaecker, 1873: 488 (Df).
Gasteracantha impotens Gerstaecker, 1873: 491 (Df).
Gasteracantha nana Butler, 1873a: 168, pl. 4, f. 4 (Df).
Gasteracantha vittata Keyserling, 1877b: 85, pl. 3, f. 1 (Df).
Gasteracantha molesta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 286, pl. 27, f. 13 (Df).
Gasteracantha importuna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 286, pl. 26, f. 12 (Df).
Gasteracantha formosa confluxa Karsch, 1884a: 68 (Df).
Gasteracantha schweinfurthi Simon, 1890a: 100 (Df).
Gasteracantha sodalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898b: 388, pl. 31, f. 3 (Df).
Gasteracantha spenceri Pocock, 1900e: 324 (Df).
Gasteracantha abyssinica Strand, 1907a: 537 (Dj).
Gasteracantha abyssinica Strand, 1907n: 644 (Df).
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Dahl, 1914: 278.
Gasteracantha occidentalis Dahl, 1914: 283, f. 20 (Df).
Gasteracantha occidentalis Archer, 1951d: 2, f. 2 (f).
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Benoit, 1962a: 63, f. 42 (S).
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Benoit, 1964a: 50 (S).
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Wiehle, 1967b: 193, f. 36 (f).
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Emerit, 1974: 77, f. 27B, 30A-C (f).
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Benoit & Emerit, 1975: 329, f. 9-10 (Dm).
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 8, 4 f. (f habitus).
References

Archer, A. F. (1951d). A new species of Gasteracantha (Argiopidae) from São Tomé Island, West Africa. Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea 90: 1-3. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Benoit, P. L. G. (1962a). Monographie des Araneidae-Gasteracanthinae africains (Araneae). Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques 112: 1-70. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Benoit, P. L. G. (1964a). Nouvelle contribution à la connaissance des Araneidae-Gasteracanthinae d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Araneae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 69: 41-52. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Benoit, P. L. G. & Emerit, M. (1975). Mise à jour des connaissances concernant les Araneidae-Gasteracanthinae africains. Revue Zoologique Africaine 89: 321-336. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Butler, A. G. (1873a). A monographic list of the species of Gasteracantha or crab-spiders, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 153-180. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dahl, F. (1914). Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235-301. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022e). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 2 (E-Ne). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 64 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6619195 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Emerit, M. (1974). Arachnides araignées Araneidae Gasteracanthinae. Faune Madagascar 38: 1-215. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gerstaecker, A. (1873). Arachnoidea. In: Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. Nach dem von Dr. O. Kersten während der v. d. Decken'schen Ost-Afrikanischen Expedition im Jahre 1862 und von C. Cooke auf der Insel Sansibar im Jahre 1864 gesammelten Material. C. F. Winter, Leipzig, pp. 461-503, pl. 18 (Araneae: pp. 473-503). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10149 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1884a). Arachnoidea. In: Greeff, R. (ed.): Ueber die Fauna der Guinea-Inseln S. Thomé und Rolas. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft zur Beförderung der Gesamten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg 2: 60-68, 79. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1877b). Einige Spinnen von Madagascar. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 27: 85-96. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1844). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Elfter Band, pp. 1-174, pl. 361-396 (f. 850-959). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871c). Notes on a collection of Arachnida made by J. K. Lord, Esq., in the peninsula of Sinai and on the African borders of the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 38(3, 1870): 818-823, pl. 50. [published in April 1871, after Duncan, 1937] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47(2): 279-293, pl. 26-27. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02656.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1898b). Arachnida. In: Dixey, F., Burr, M. & Pickard-Cambridge, O.: On a collection of insects and arachnids made by Mr E. N. Bennett in Socotra, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 66(3): 387-391, pl. 31. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb03159.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1900e). Some new Arachnida from Cape Colony. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 6(33): 316-333. doi:10.1080/00222930008678382 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1890a). Etudes arachnologiques. 22e Mémoire. XXXIV. Etude sur les arachnides de l'Yemen. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 10: 77-124. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907a). Vorläufige Diagnosen afrikanischer und südamerikanischer Spinnen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 525-558. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907n). Afrikanische Spinnen (exkl. Aviculariiden) hauptsächlich aus dem Kapland. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 25: 557-731. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1859). Nya exotiska Epeirider. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 16: 299-304. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wiehle, H. (1967b). Meta, – eine semientelegyne Gattung der Araneae (Arach.). Senckenbergiana Biologica 48(3): 183-196. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Detail
2022-06-08 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e n/a