Taxon details

Family: Salticidae / Genus: Festucula

Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-12-04
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056022]
  • Distribution: Guinea, Nigeria, Ivory Coast
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f (probably lost) (Azarkina & Foord, 2023)
Taxonomic references
Festucula lineata Fage, 1923b: 299, f. 1 (m; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301).
Festucula monticola Berland & Millot, 1941: 345, f. 48 (Df).
Festucula monticola Wesołowska, 1992: 54 (description is insufficient to identify the species = nomen dubium).
Festucula festuculaeformis Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 746, f. 44-45 (f; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301).
Festucula monticola Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 374 (nomen dubium confirmed, probably a junior S of F. lineata).
Festucula lineata Azarkina & Foord, 2014: 369, f. 104-112 (m; misidentified per Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301).
Festucula monticola Azarkina & Foord, 2023: 301, f. 22-28 (f, removed from nomen dubium).
References

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2014). A revision of the Afrotropical species of Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae: Salticidae). African Invertebrates 55(2): 351-375. doi:10.5733/afin.055.0201 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Azarkina, G. N. & Foord, S. H. (2023). Further notes on the Afrotropical genus Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 1185: 285-308. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1185.110365 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Berland, L. & Millot, J. (1941). Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française I.-Les salticides. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (N.S.) 12: 297-423. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1923b). Arachnides rapportes par M. Chabanaud de la Guinee française et du Liberia (1919-1920). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 29: 298-302. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Edwards, G. B. (2012). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Calabar area (SE Nigeria). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(4): 733-772. doi:10.3161/000345412X659786 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1992). A revision of the spider genus Festucula Simon, 1901 (Araneae Salticidae). Journal of African Zoology 106: 45-54. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2019). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2016). Monograph of Salticidae (Araneae) of the World 1995-2015. Part II. Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Version October 30th, 2016, online at http://www.salticidae.pl. download pdf

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-12-04 New taxonomic reference entry Azarkina & Foord, 2014 n/a
2023-12-04 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)
2023-12-04 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)
2023-12-04 New taxonomic reference entry Azarkina & Foord, 2023 n/a
2023-12-04 Species distribution update Azarkina & Foord, 2023 n/a (Old value)
2023-12-04 Species updated Azarkina & Foord, 2023 New status (Old value)