Taxon details

Family: Caponiidae / Genus: Caponia

Caponia abyssinica Strand, 1908

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2020-03-09
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004028]
  • Distribution: Ethiopia
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; type material destroyed 1944 (Renner, 1988b)
Taxonomic references
Caponia abyssinica Strand, 1908m: 80 (Df).
Caponia abyssinica Nentwig et al., 2020: 23 (nomen dubium).
References

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, C. (2020). How to deal with destroyed type material? The case of Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 22-29. doi:10.30963/aramit5904 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1908m). Nordafrikanische Spinnen, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelt (Dictynidae, Eresidae, Sicariidae, Dysderidae, Caponiidae, Palpimanidae, Zodariidae, Urocteidae, Pholcidae, Agelenidae, Pisauridae). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 74(I,1): 67-128. 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]

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2020-03-09 Taxon is nomen dubium Nentwig et al., 2020 Caponia abyssinica Strand, 1908 declared a nomen dubium
2020-03-09 New taxonomic reference entry Nentwig et al., 2020 n/a