Taxon details

Family: Zodariidae / Genus: Diores

Diores termitophagus Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1992

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-12-16
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025755]
  • Distribution: South Africa
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium (database excerpt, Feb. 2019); (173115)
  • Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa; 33m 13f (91/951, 1425) (Marais et al., 2013)
Taxonomic references
Diores termitophagus Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1992: 1406, f. 1-6 (Dmf).
Diores termitophagus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024: 84, f. 1-5 (mf).
References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Jocqué, R., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2024). The Zodariidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-D). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 91 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14404920 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1992). Two new termite-eating Diores species (Araneae, Zodariidae) and some observations on unique prey immobilization. Journal of Natural History 26(6): 1405-1412. doi:10.1080/00222939200770781 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]

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Date Type Reference Detail
2024-12-16 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024 n/a