Selenops mexicanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Selenopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Selenopoidea

Familia: Selenopidae
Genus: Selenops
Species: Selenops mexicanus

Name

Selenops mexicanus Keyserling, 1880

Type locality: Mexico.

Type: MNHN. male ♂ and female ♀. collection E. Simon.

Synonymy

• Selenops galapagoensis Banks, 1902
  • Type locality: Chatham, Galapagos Islands.
    • Holotype: CAS. female ♀.
• Selenops vagabundus Kraus, 1955
• Selenops tehuacanus Muma, 1953
  • Type locality: Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico.
    • Holotype: AMNH. male ♂. 17-24.X.1944. legit Helmuth Wagner.

References

Primary references

• von Keyserling, K. 1880. Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. Nürnberg 1, 1–283. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Banks, N. 1902. Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition; 1898-1899. VII. Entomological Results (6). Arachnida. With field notes by Robert E. Snodgrass. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 4: 49–86. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 
• Kraus, O. 1955. Spinnen aus El Salvador (Arachnoidea, Araneae). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 493: 1–112. Reference page. 
• Muma, M.H. 1953. A study of the spider family Selenopidae in North and Central America and the West Indies. American Museum Novitates 1619: 1–55. Full article (PDF) Reference page.