Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Poltys

Poltys furcifer Simon, 1881

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2022-07-21
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016955]
  • Distribution: Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
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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
Poltys furcifer Simon, 1881e: 4 (Df).
Poltys bimaculatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899b: 521, pl. 29, f. 4 (Df; preoccupied by Keyserling, 1886, see Poltys laciniosus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054704].
Poltys furcifer Roewer, 1942a: 905 (S of Poltys bimaculatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899).
Poltys furcifer Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 39, p. 38: 2 f., p. 39: 3 f. (f habitus).
References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022f). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 3 (Ne-U). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 66 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6326991 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1899b). On some new species of exotic Araneidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67(2): 518-532, pl. 29-30. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1899.tb06872.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy, Bremen, 1040 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1881e). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux d'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 6(1-2): 1-15. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-06-08 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f n/a
2022-06-08 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f n/a (Old value)