Taxon details

Family: Theridiidae / Genus: Melos

Melos bicolor O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: j
  • Last updated: 2025-03-30
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052153]
  • Distribution: Britain
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; jm (1713, n. 192) (Brignoli, 1970b)
Taxonomic references
Melos bicolor O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900a: 6, pl. A, f. 3-3g (Djm; possibly introduced from exotic regions).
Melos bicolor Brignoli, 1970b: 1413 (nomen dubium, removed from S of Cepheia longiseta).
Melos bicolor Sherwood, 2025b: 149, f. 18A-B (j, nomen dubium confirmed).
References

Brignoli, P. M. (1970b). Contribution à la connaissance des Symphytognathidae paléarctiques (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (2) 41: 1403-1420. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1900a). Notes on British spiders observed in 1898. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 20(for 1899): 1-22. [published on March 3, 1900, after Sykes, 1941] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2025b). Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 121-160. doi:10.15298/arthsel.34.1.10 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-03-30 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, 2025b n/a