Taxon details


Neoscona penicillipes (Karsch, 1879)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2022-06-08
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016737]
  • Distribution: West, Central Africa, South Africa
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; type material destroyed 1944; m of Aranea leimenstolli Strand, 1906
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Epeira penicillipes Karsch, 1879, (2995)
Taxonomic references
Epeira penicillipes Karsch, 1879e: 836, pl. 11, f. 6 (Dm).
Araneus pachanus Pocock, 1898e: 447, pl. 13, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060962].
Aranea bioculata Thorell, 1899: 44 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060906].
Aranea varians Thorell, 1899: 49 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060994].
Araneus haematocnemis Pocock, 1900g: 850, pl. 56, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060926].
Aranea leimenstolli Strand, 1906h: 57 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060942].
Araneus varians Simon, 1907d: 289.
Aranea haematocnemis Strand, 1913a: 380.
Aranea haematocnemis antepicta Strand, 1913a: 380 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060973].
Aranea haematocnemis constrictifascia Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060974].
Aranea haematocnemis decoratella Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060975].
Aranea haematocnemis indistinctepicta Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060976].
Aranea haematocnemis lanceolatella Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060977].
Aranea haematocnemis monotonia Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060978].
Aranea haematocnemis nigrofoliata Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060979].
Aranea haematocnemis recurvata Strand, 1913a: 381 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060980].
Aranea sanguinipes antepicta Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes constrictifascia Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes decoratella Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes indistinctepicta Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes lanceolatella Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes monotonia Roewer, 1942a: 813.
Aranea sanguinipes nigrifoliata Roewer, 1942a: 814.
Aranea sanguinipes recurvata Roewer, 1942a: 814.
Afraranea sanguipes Archer, 1951a: 22, f. 43 (m, T from Araneus).
Neoscona penicillipes Grasshoff, 1986: 78, f. 1, 3, 6, 9-10, 113-123 (mf; removed from S of Araneus semiannulatus, rejecting Thorell, 1899: 49, see Neoscona rufipalpis; S of Araneus bioculatus, A. haematocnemis, A. leimenstolli, A. pachanus, A. sanguipes antepictus, A. s. constrictifascius, A. s. decoratellus, A. s. indistinctepictus, A. s. lanceolatellus, A. s. monotonius, A. s. nigrofoliatus, A. s. recurvatus and A. varians; A. haematocnemis removed from S of Araneus sanguipes, rejecting Lessert, 1930: 645).
Neoscona penicillipes Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 9, 10 f. (f).
References

Archer, A. F. (1951a). Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. American Museum Novitates 1487: 1-52. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022f). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 3 (Ne-U). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 66 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6326991 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Grasshoff, M. (1986). Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae). Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen 250: 1-123. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1879e). West-afrikanische Myriopoden und Arachniden. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 52: 825-837. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1898e). The Arachnida from the regions of Lakes Nyassa and Tanganyika contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 2(12): 429-448, pl. 13. doi:10.1080/00222939808678518 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1900g). On the scorpions, pedipalps and spiders from tropical West-Africa, represented in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67(4, 1899): 833-885, pl. 55-58. [published in April 1900, after Duncan, 1937] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy, Bremen, 1040 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1907d). Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 1re partie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 43: 218-323. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1906h). Tropisch-afrikanische Spinnen des Kgl. Naturalienkabinetts in Stuttgart. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 62: 13-103. 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

Thorell, T. (1899). Araneae Camerunenses (Africae occidentalis) quas anno 1891 collegerunt Cel. Dr Y. Sjöstedt aliique. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 25(IV, 1): 1-105. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-06-08 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f n/a
2022-06-08 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f n/a (Old value)