Taxon details

Family: Pisauridae / Genus: Rothus

Rothus aethiopicus (Pavesi, 1883)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-04-21
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047952]
  • Distribution: Cameroon, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Egypt, Israel
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Rothus mossamedesus Roewer, 1955, 1 f (9910006-137)
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Rothus pictus Roewer, 1955, (16161-137); 1 f, 1 m (9910332-137)
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Rothus vestitus Roewer, 1955, 1 f, 1 f (9910551-137)
  • Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium (database excerpt, Feb. 2019); Rothus pictus Roewer, 1955 (119551)
  • Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium (database excerpt, Feb. 2019); Rothus upembanus Roewer, 1955 (119552)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); (Syn: Rothus insulus) f (35050)
  • Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Rothus upembanus Roewer, 1955, 1 f (9910534-137)
  • Syntype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy; 4j (420, 421) of Rothus magnus (Berdondini & Whitman, 2003)
Taxonomic references
Ocyale aethiopicus Pavesi, 1883: 71 (Dmf).
Rothus purpurissatus Simon, 1898a: 294, f. 293-294, 298.
Rothus purpurissatus Simon, 1898f: 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019778].
Rothus catenulatus Simon, 1898f: 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057706].
Rothus lineatus Pocock, 1902a: 16, pl. 3, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057707].
Rothus aethiopicus Simon, 1907e: 8 (T from Ocyale).
Pisaura insula Strand, 1913a: 418 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051121].
Rothus aethiopicus Lessert, 1916: 581, f. 15-18 (mf).
Rothus catenulatus Caporiacco, 1940c: 786, f. 8 (f).
Rothus magnus Caporiacco, 1940c: 784, f. 7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057708].
Rothus aethiopicus Roewer, 1955b: 206, f. 79a-e (mf, S of Pisaura insula).
Rothus upembanus Roewer, 1955b: 209, f. 80a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057711].
Rothus pictus Roewer, 1955b: 210, f. 81a-e (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057710].
Rothus mossamedesus Roewer, 1955b: 214, f. 82a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057709].
Rothus vestitus Roewer, 1955b: 217, f. 83a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057712].
Rothus purpurissatus Blandin, 1976c: 918, f. 5-6 (f).
Rothus purpurissatus Blandin, 1977c: 552, f. 10-12, 15-27, 31 (mf, S of Rothus catenulatus, R. lineatus, R. mossamedesus, R. pictus, R. upembanus and R. vestitus).
Rothus aethiopicus Blandin, 1977c: 552 (incertae sedis, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick).
Rothus magnus Blandin, 1977c: 552 (incertae sedis, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick).
Rothus purpurissatus Levy, 1999a: 60, f. 34A-B, 35A-B (mf).
Rothus aethiopicus Silva & Sierwald, 2015: 327, f. 2-23 (mf, removed from nomen dubium, S of Rothus magnus and R. purpurissatus).
Rothus aethiopicus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 51, p. 50: 2 f., p. 51: 6 f., p. 52: 6 f. (mf).
Rothus aethiopicus El-Hennawy, 2021: 233, f. 2-20 (mf).
References

Blandin, P. (1976c). Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines VI. Définition des genres Pisaura Simon, 1885, Pisaurellus Roewer, 1961, Afropisaura n. gen. et mise au point sur les espèces des genres Afropisaura and Pisaurellus (Araneae Pisauridae Pisaurinae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 90(4): 917-939. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Blandin, P. (1977c). Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines VIII. Les genres Chiasmopes Pavesi, 1883 et Rothus Simon, 1898 (Araneae - Pisauridae - Pisaurinae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 91(3): 538-557. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Caporiacco, L. di (1940c). Aracnidi raccolte nella Reg. dei Laghi Etiopici della Fossa Galla. Atti della Reale Accademia d'Italia 11: 767-873. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020q). The Pisauridae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 61 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7157775 download pdf -- Show included taxa

El-Hennawy, H. K. (2021). The first record of Rothus aethiopicus (Pavesi, 1883) (Araneae: Pisauridae) in Egypt and North Africa. Serket 18(2): 229-237. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1916). Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Merou (suite). 2. Pisauridae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24: 565-620. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (1999a). The lynx and nursery-web spider families in Israel (Araneae, Oxyopidae and Pisauridae). Zoosystema 21: 29-64. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pavesi, P. (1883). Spedizione italiana nell'Africa equatoriale. Risultati zoologici. Aracnidi del regno di Scioa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 20: 5-105. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1902a). Descriptions of some new species of African Solifugae and Araneae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 10(55): 6-27, pl. 2-3. doi:10.1080/00222930208678627 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955b). Araneae Lycosaeformia I. (Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Pisauridae) mit Berücksichtigung aller Arten der äthiopischen Region. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 30: 1-420. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Silva, E. L. C. da & Sierwald, P. (2015). First description of the male of Rothus vittatus Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Pisauridae), with a review of the African nursery web spider genus Rothus Simon, 1898. African Invertebrates 56(2): 325-341. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0207 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1898f). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux des familles des Agelenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae et Oxyopidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 42: 5-34. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1898a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 193-380. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1907e). Arachnides recueillis en Egypte et le long du Nil Blanc par la Mission zoologique suedoise, 1901. In: Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile 1901 under the Direction of L. A. Jägerskiöld. Part III. 21 (37). Uppsala, 10 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.21727 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1913a). Arachnida. I. In: Schubotz, H. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig. 4(Zool. 2), 325-474. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7048 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-10-11 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q n/a
2022-01-02 New taxonomic reference entry El-Hennawy, 2021 n/a
2015-09-07 New taxonomic reference entry Lessert, 1916 n/a
2015-09-07 New taxonomic reference entry Silva & Sierwald, 2015 n/a
2015-09-07 New taxonomic reference entry Blandin, 1977c n/a
2015-09-07 New taxonomic reference entry Caporiacco, 1940c n/a
2015-09-07 Species synonymy Silva & Sierwald, 2015 Rothus magnus synonymized with Rothus aethiopicus
2015-09-07 Species synonymy Silva & Sierwald, 2015 Rothus purpurissatus synonymized with Rothus aethiopicus
2015-09-07 New taxonomic reference entry Blandin, 1977c n/a
2015-09-07 New taxonomic reference entry Simon, 1907e n/a
2015-09-07 New taxonomic reference entry Pavesi, 1883 n/a
2015-09-07 Species updated Silva & Sierwald, 2015 New status (Old value)