Walckenaeria aberdarensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

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 Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Subfamilia: Erigoninae
Genus: Walckenaeria
Species: Walckenaeria aberdarensis

Name

Walckenaeria aberdarensis (Holm, 1962)

Type locality: KENYA. Aberdare,: 3100 m, 15 km north of Kinangop.

Holotype: MRAC. male ♂. 20.VII.1948.

Synonymy

• Tigellinus aberdarensis Holm, 1962: 181 (original combination)
• Walckenaeria aberdarensis (Holm): Wunderlich, 1972: 390.
• Tigellinus kenyensis Bosmans, 1977: 467 (synonymized by Holm, 1984: 141)
  • Type locality: Kenya, Mt. Kenya, 2650 m.
    • Holotype: MRAC. female ♀. 24.VII.1975. MRAC 147772.

References

Primary references

• Holm, Å. 1962. The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae. Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala 35: 19–204. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bosmans, R. 1977. Spiders of the subfamily Erigoninae from Mount Kenya. Scientific report of the Belgian Mt. Kenya Bio-Expedition, n° 3. Revue Zoologique Africaine 91: 449-472. Reference page. 
• Holm, Å. 1984. The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part II. The genus Walckenaeria Blackwall (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zoologica Scripta 13(2): 135–153. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1984.tb00030.x Reference page.