Vectius niger

Taxonavigation

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
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Gnaphosoidea
Familia: Trochanteriidae
Subfamilia: Hemicloeinae
Genus: Vectius
Species: Vectius niger

Name

Vectius niger (Simon, 1880)

Type locality: Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.

Holotype: MNHN. female ♀.

Synonymy

• Plator niger Simon, 1880: 236 (original combination)
• Vectius niger (Simon): Simon, 1897: 19
• Selenops fraternus Mello-Leitão, 1915 (synonymized by Corronca, 1996: 397).
  • Type locality: São João del Rey, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
    • Syntypes: MNRJ. male ♂ and female ♀. lost before the fire of 2018.

References

Primary references

• Simon, E. 1880. Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 34: 223-351. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mello-Leitão, C.F. de 1915. Alguns generos e especies novas de araneidos do Brasil. Brotéria (Série Zoológica) 13: 129–142. Reference page. 
• Nunes-Pompeo, J., Brescovit, A.D. & Araujo, D. 2023. Taxonomic notes, distribution update and the first chromosomal analysis of Vectius niger (Simon, 1880) and Trochanteria gomezi Canals, 1933 (Araneae: Trochanteriidae). Zootaxa 5374(2): 229–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.2.4. Reference page.