Taxon details

Family: Thomisidae / Genus: Geraesta

Geraesta congoensis (Lessert, 1943)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-03-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031131]
  • Distribution: Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Botswana, South Africa
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Type deposit provide information
  • Syntype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium; 1m 2f (239288) (Benjamin, 2015a)
Taxonomic references
Stephanopis congoensis Lessert, 1943: 333, f. 35-37 (Dmf).
Geraesta congoensis Benjamin, 2015a: 313, f. 5-8, 12-15 (mf, T from Stephanopis).
Geraesta congoensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020u: 32, 31: 2 f., 32: 4 f. (mf).
Geraesta congoensis Dippenaar-Schoeman, Uys & Webb, 2025: 11, f. 1-16 (mf).
References

Benjamin, S. P. (2015a). On the African crab spider genus Geraesta Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Thomisidae). African Invertebrates 56(2): 309-318. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0205 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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., Uys, W. & Webb, P. (2025). Observations of the African crab spider Geraesta congoensis (Lessert, 1943) from South Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae). SANSA Newsletter 53: 11-13. doi:10.5281/zenodo.14982352 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1943). Araignées du Congo belge (Troisième partie). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 50(3): 305-338. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-03-07 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman, Uys & Webb, 2025 n/a
2023-01-28 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020u n/a
2015-09-07 Species distribution update Benjamin, 2015a n/a (Old value)
2015-09-07 New taxonomic reference entry Benjamin, 2015a n/a
2015-09-07 Species transferred to new genus Benjamin, 2015a Species transferred from Stephanopis to Geraesta