Spermophora masisiwe

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Pholcoidea 

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: Haplogynae
Superfamilia: Pholcoidea

Familia: Pholcidae
Subfamilia: Pholcinae
Genus: Spermophora
Species: Spermophora masisiwe

Name

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Spermophora masisiwe Huber, 2003

Type locality: 11 km SE Masisiwe, Kihanga Stream (8°22'05.7"S, 35°58'41.6"E), 1800 m alt., low vegetation, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, Iringa District, Tanzania

Holotype ♂: USNM TA 078 (17-27.V.1997; ZMUC-SI Exp.)

References

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  • Huber, B. A. 2003. High species diversity in one of the dominant groups of spiders in East African montane forests (Aranae: Pholcidae: Buitinga n. gen., Spermophora Hentz). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 555–619. PDF [599, f. 21, 45, 244-249, 255-257]