Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Pycnacantha

Pycnacantha tribulus (Fabricius, 1781)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2024-12-19
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017026]
  • Distribution: Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: ; Aranea tribulus Fabricius, 1781 - type material probably lost or destroyed (Zimsen, 1964)
Taxonomic references
Aranea tribulus Fabricius, 1781: 547 (Df).
Pycnacantha meadii Blackwall, 1865b: 351 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058009].
Daturina hystrix Thorell, 1877a: 302, unnumbered f. (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058010].
Pycnacantha tribulus Simon, 1895a: 892, 894, f. 958 (S of Daturina hystrix and Pycnacantha meadei).
Pycnacantha tribulus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 45, p. 44: 3 f., p. 45: 3 f., p. 46: 4 f. (f habitus).
Pycnacantha tribulus Dippenaar-Schoeman, Jones & Webb, 2024: 19, f. 1-22 (f).
References

Blackwall, J. (1865b). Descriptions of recently discovered species and characters of a new genus, of Araneida from the east of Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 16(95): 336-352. doi:10.1080/00222936508679441 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

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Jones, A. & Webb, P. (2024). Pycnacantha tribulus (Fabricius, 1781) the first spider described from South Africa revisited (Araneae: Araneidae). SANSA Newsletter 52: 19-22. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14526037 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Fabricius, J. C. (1781). Species insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphos in adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburgi and Kilonii, 1, 1-552 (Araneae, pp. 536-549). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.11658 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1877a). Due ragni esotici descritti. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 9: 301-310. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-12-19 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman, Jones & Webb, 2024 n/a
2024-12-19 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman, Jones & Webb, 2024 n/a (Old value)
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)