Taxon details

Family: Thomisidae / Genus: Borboropactus

Borboropactus silvicola (Lawrence, 1938)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-03-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030192]
  • Distribution: South Africa
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  • Syntype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; 2m 3f (Lawrence, 1938a)
Taxonomic references
Regillus silvicolus Lawrence, 1938a: 488, f. 19 (Dmf).
Borboropactus silvicolus Roewer, 1955c: 752 (T from Regillulus).
Borboropactus silvicola Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020u: 15, 13: 2 f., 15: 5 f. (mf).
Borboropactus silvicola Dippenaar-Schoeman & Webb, 2025: 15, f. 1-12 (mf).
References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020u). The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 1 A-Mo. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 62 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7513274 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. & Webb, P. (2025). More on the litter crab spider Borboropactus silvicola (Lawrence, 1938) from South Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae). SANSA Newsletter 53: 14-16. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14986055 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1938a). A collection of spiders from Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 8: 455-524. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-03-07 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman & Webb, 2025 n/a
2023-01-28 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020u n/a