Spermophora peninsulae

Taxonavigation edit

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 peninsulae

Name edit

Spermophora peninsulae Lawrence, 1964

Type locality: Kalk Bay Caves, Cape Peninsula (34°15'S, 18°30'E), Western Cape, South Africa

Holotype ♂: SAM B7897 (IX.1932; R. F. Lawrence)

Paratype 1♀: SAM

References edit

  • Lawrence, R. F. 1964. New cavernicolous spiders from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 48: 57–75. [65, f. 9-14]
  • Huber, B. A. 2003. Southern African pholcid spiders: revision and cladistic analysis of Quamtana gen. nov. and Spermophora Hentz (Araneae: Pholcidae), with notes on male-female covariation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 477–527. PDF [519, f. 29, 50, 238-243, 248-251]