Faiditus americanus

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: Theridiidae
Subfamilia: Argyrodinae
Genus: Faiditus
Species: Faiditus americanus

Name

Faiditus americanus (Taczanowski, 1874)

Type locality: Uassa, French Guiana, [Rio Uaçá, Amapa, Brazil]

Lectotype: MIZP. female ♀. (lectotype Ero americana designated by Exline & Levi, 1962: 161)

Synonymy

• Ero americana Taczanowski, 1874: 62 (original combination)
• Argyrodes americanus (Taczanowski): Keyserling, 1884: 195
• Conopistha americana (Taczanowski): Bryant, 1940: 306
• Faiditus americanus (Taczanowski): Agnarsson, 2004: 478
• Argyrodes trituberculatus Becker, 1879: 79 (synonymized by Exline & Levi, 1962: 161)
  • Type locality: Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA.
    • Holotype: IRSNB. male ♂.
• Argyrodes ululabilis Keyserling, 1891: 212 (synonymized by Exline & Levi, 1962: 161)
  • Type locality: Taquara do Mundo Nova, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
    • Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.
• Argyrodes argenteola Pickard-Cambridge, 1894: 128
  • Type locality:Teapa, Tabasco, [Mexico].
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.
• Argyrodes aurea Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 207
  • Type locality: Teapa, Tabasco, [Mexico].
    • Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.
• Argyrodes parvior Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936: 37
  • Type locality: Panama Canal Zone.
    • Holotype: AMNH. male ♂.
• Argyrodes indignus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936: 38
  • Type locality: Panama Canal Zone.
    • Holotype: AMNH. female ♀ (lost)

References

Primary references

• Taczanowski, W. 1874a. Les aranéides de la Guyane française. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 10: 56–115. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Agnarsson, I. 2004. Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 447-626. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00120.x. . Reference page. 
• Becker, L. 1879a. Diagnoses de nouvelles aranéides américaines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 22(C.R.): 77-86. Reference page. 
• Bryant, E.B. 1940. Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 86: 247–532. BHL Reference page. 
• Chamberlin, R.V. & Ivie 1936. New spiders from Mexico and Panama. Bulletin of the University of Utah 27(5): 1-103. Reference page. 
• Exline, H. & Levi, H.W. 1962. American spiders of the genus Argyrodes (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127: 75-204. Reference page. 
• von Keyserling, E. 1891. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Brasilianische Spinnen. Nürnberg 3: 1–278. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 Reference page. 
• Pickard-Cambridge, O. 1894. Arachnida Araneida. 1. Biologia Centrali-Americana: 121-144. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 
• Pickard-Cambridge, O. 1896. Arachnida Araneida. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1: 161-224. Reference page.