Spermophora masisiwe

Taxonavigation

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

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

• 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]