Tafana quelchi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dionycha
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

Familia: Anyphaenidae
Subfamilia: Anyphaeninae
Genus: Tafana
Species: Tafana quelchi

Name

Tafana quelchi (Pocock, 1895)

Type locality: Monte Roraima [frontier between Brazil and Venezuela].

Syntypes: BMNH. 1 male ♂ and 1 immature male ♂. legit J.J. Quelch. BMNH 1895.3.30.1.

Synonymy

• Aysha quelchii Pocock, 1895: 140 (original combination)
• Anyphaena quelchi (Pocock): Pocock, 1900: 67
• Tafana quelchi (Pocock): Brescovit, 1997: 89.

References

Primary references

• Pocock, R.I. 1895b. Description of two new spiders obtained by Messrs J. J. Quelch and F. MacConnel on the summit of Mount Roraima, in Demerara; with a note upon the systematic position of the genus Desis. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)16: 139–143. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Oliveira, L.F.M. & Brescovit, A.D. 2021. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of ghost spiders of the genus Tafana Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Dionycha, Anyphaenidae), with the descriptions of twelve new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 742: 1-77. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.742.1291. Reference page.