Sphingius caniceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dionycha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha

Familia: Liocranidae
Subfamilia: Oedignathinae
Genus: Sphingius
Species: Sphingius caniceps

Name

Sphingius caniceps Simon, 1906

Type locality: India, Genji.

Syntypes: MNHN. female ♀. 17599.

Synonymy

• Sosticus poonaensis Tikader, 1982: 440
  • Type locality: India, Maharashtra: Pune (=Poona): Mukund Nagar (18°29’39’’N, 73°51’50’’E), 582 m alt.
    • Holotype: NZC-ZSI. female ♀. 25.VII.1975. legit U.A. Gajbe. 5057/18

References

Primary references

• Simon, E.L. 1906a. Arachnides (2e partie). In: Voyage de M. Maurice Maindron dans l'Inde méridionale. 8e Mémoire. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 75, 279-314. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dankittipakul, P., Tavano, M.L. & Singtripop, T. 2011. Neotype designation for Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890, synonymies, new records and descriptions of six new species from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Liocranidae). Zootaxa 3066: 1–20. Preview. Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M. & Caleb, J.T.D. 2021. On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: V. Genera Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834, Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922 and Gaviphosa gen. nov. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5040(4): 539–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.5. . Reference page. 
• Tikader, B.K. 1982a. Part 2. Family Gnaphosidae. In: The fauna of India. Spiders: Araneae. Vol. II. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 295-536. Reference page.