Taxon details

Family: Theridiidae / Genus: Janula

Janula bicorniger (Simon, 1894)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-05-02
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007611]
  • Distribution: Brazil
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; f of Episinus rio (Rodrigues et al., 2022)
  • Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 1m 4f (Rodrigues et al., 2022)
Taxonomic references
Theridium bicorne Keyserling, 1891: 193, pl. 7, f. 140 (Dmf; preoccupied in Theridion by Wider, 1834, see Diplocephalus cristatus and in Janula by Thorell, 1881, see Janula bicornis).
Janulus bicorniger Simon, 1894a: 517 (replacement name; for the ending of the specific epithet see ICZN Article 31.2.2.
Episinus bicorniger Levi, 1964c: 20, f. 55-57 (mf).
Episinus rio Levi, 1967b: 29, f. 22-24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007669].
Janula bicorniger Yoshida & Koh, 2011: 79 (T from Episinus).
Janula bicornigera Rodrigues et al., 2022: 781 (S of Episinus rio).
References

Keyserling, E. (1891). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Brasilianische Spinnen. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 3, 1-278. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1967b). Habitat observations, records, and new South American theridiid spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 136: 21-38. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1964c). American spiders of the genus Episinus (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 131: 1-25. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rodrigues, E. N. L., Rodrigues, P. E. S., Brescovit, A. D. & Koh, J. K. H. (2022). An update on the phylogeny of Spintharinae with analysis based on morphological characters and taxonomy of Janula (Araneae, Theridiidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 22(3): 749-787. doi:10.1007/s13127-022-00547-x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1894a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 489-760. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. & Koh, J. K. H. (2011). Phoroncidia, Janula and a new genus Brunepisinus (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Brunei. Acta Arachnologica 60(2): 75-88. doi:10.2476/asjaa.60.75 download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-09-02 New taxonomic reference entry Rodrigues et al., 2022 n/a
2022-09-02 Species synonymy Rodrigues et al., 2022 Janula rio synonymized with Janula bicornigera
2021-02-16 Species updated Species epithet corrected (Old value)