Taxon details

Family: Thomisidae / Genus: Geraesta

Geraesta octolobata (Simon, 1886)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2015-09-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031155]
  • Distribution: Madagascar
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Type deposit provide information
  • It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France
Taxonomic references
Stephanopis octolobata Simon, 1886b: 170 (Df).
Geraesta octolobata Benjamin, 2015a: 315, f. 17-26 (Tf from Stephanopis, Dm).
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

Simon, E. (1886b). Espèces et genres nouveaux de la famille des Thomisisdae. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 40: 167-187. 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
2015-09-07 First description of male 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