Cupiennius bimaculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lycosoidea

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: Lycosoidea

Familia: Ctenidae
Subfamilia: Cteninae
Genus: Cupiennius
Species: Cupiennius bimaculatus

Name

Cupiennius bimaculatus (Taczanowski, 1874)

Type locality: Uassa, French Guiana.

Holotype: PAN. Immature female, penultimate instar. legit Jelski.

Synonymy

• Ctenus bimaculatus Taczanowski, 1874: 92 (original combination)
• Cupiennius bimaculatus (Taczanowski): Brescovit & Polotow, 2005: 771
• Cupiennius celerrimus Simon, 1891: 111 (synonymized by Brescovit & Polotow, 2005: 771)
  • Type locality: Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
    • Syntypes: MNHN. male ♂ and female ♀. (not found, probably lost)
• Ctenus cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1930: 64
  • Type locality: Cuminá, Amazonas, Brazil.
    • Holotype: MNRJ. female ♀. MNRJ number 144,

References

Primary references

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

Additional references

• Brescovit, A.D. & Polotow, D. 2005. Taxonomic remarks on the genus Cupiennius Simon (Araneae, Ctenidae) and description of C. vodou sp. nov. from Haiti. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22(3): 771-774. Full article (PDF). Reference page.