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    Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae)

    Authors
    Sherwood, D.
    Henrard, A.
    Jocqué, R.
    Fowler, L.
    Marusik, Y.M.
    Maddison, W.
    Harvey, M.
    Hormiga, G.
    Rheims, C.
    Piacentini, L.N.
    Peters, M.
    Stevens, N.
    Joshua, D.
    Scipio-O Dean, C.J.
    Ellick, G.
    Wilkins, V.
    Ashmole, M.
    Ashmole, P.
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    Discipline
    Biological sciences
    Subject
    Natural heritage Collections
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2024
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    Description
    An annotated checklist and taxonomic review of the spiders of Saint Helena is presented. A total of 88 genera and 114 species are known; of these, 12 genera and 45 species are endemic. Two new genera and two new species are described: Anapistula martinae Sherwood, Harvey, Fowler, Joshua, Stevens, Scipio O Dean & Ellick sp. nov., Helenidion Sherwood, Marusik, Fowler, Stevens & Joshua gen. nov., Ischnothyreus christyjoae Sherwood, Henrard, Peters, Stevens & Fowler sp. nov., and Trust Sherwood, Marusik, Wilkins, P. Ashmole & M. Ashmole gen. nov. Three new combinations are proposed: Helenidion sciaphilum (Benoit, 1977) comb. nov. (type species), Helenidion huberti (Benoit, 1977) comb. nov., and Zelotes funereus (Dalmas, 1921) comb. nov. Lepthyphantes albimaculatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (Linyphiidae) is synonymized with Lepthyphantes leprosus (Ohlert, 1865) syn. nov. Lynxosa Roewer, 1960 gen. rest. is restored to house the lycosids L. inexorabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) comb. rest., L. ligata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) comb. rest., L. nefasta (Tongiorgi, 1977) comb. nov., and L. veseyensis (Sherwood, Henrard, Logunov & Fowler, 2023) comb. nov. The previously undescribed sexes of Benoitodes sanctaehelenae (Strand, 1909) (Gnaphosidae), Hahnia laticeps Simon, 1898 (Hahniidae), Helenactyna crucifera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) (Dictynidae, first known male for the genus), Paraheliophanus napoleon Clark & Benoit, 1977 (Salticidae), and Trust solium (Benoit, 1977) comb. nov. (Theridiidae) are described. Bonapruncinia sanctaehelenae Benoit, 1977, originally described from juveniles, is supplemented with a first description of the adult female. Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated for the salticid species Paraheliophanus subinstructus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) and Pellenes inexcultus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873). Seven species are newly recorded from the island: Clubiona hitchinsi Saaristo, 2002 (Clubionidae), Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902 (Theridiidae), Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887) (Pholcidae), Oecobius marathaus Tikader, 1962 (Oecobiidae), Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) (Theridiidae), Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 (Theridiidae), and Theridion proximum Lawrence, 1964 (Theridiidae). Epigynal duplication, a rare anomaly in spiders, is reported for the prodidomid Zimirina relegata Cooke, 1977.
    Citation
    Sherwood, D.; Henrard, A.; Jocqué, R.; Fowler, L.; Marusik, Y.M.; Maddison, W.; Harvey, M.; Hormiga, G.; Rheims, C.; Piacentini, L.N.; Peters, M.; Stevens, N.; Joshua, D.; Scipio-O Dean, C.J.; Ellick, G.; Wilkins, V.; Ashmole, M.; Ashmole, P. (2024). Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae). , Arachnology, Vol. 19 (9), 1218 1291, ISSN: Print: ISSN 2050-9928 - Online: ISSN 2050-9936,
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    issn: Print: ISSN 2050-9928 - Online: ISSN 2050-9936
    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/13761
    url: https://britishspiders.org.uk/arachnology-non-members?field_lib_year_start_value_1=&field_lib_volume_value=19
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    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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