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OXYOPIDAE RECORDED FROM MADAGASCAR

By V. D. Roth, D. Silva Davila, D. Ubick, and C. E. Griswold

(complete synonymies and references at Platnick, N. I. 2003.
The world spider catalog, version 3.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at:
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/index.html)




OXYOPIDAE Thorell, 1870

Hostus Simon, 1898
m paroculus Simon, 1898 *....................Madagascar
  H. p. Simon, 1898a: 379, f. 375 (Dm).

Oxyopes Latreille, 1804
mf dumonti (Vinson, 1863)....................East Africa, Madagascar to Seychelles
  Sphasus dumontii Vinson, 1863: 31, 299, pl. 13, f. 2 (Dmf).
  O. d. Benoit, 1978i: 690, f. 1A-D (mf).

mf pallidecoloratus Strand, 1906....................Ethiopia, Congo, East Africa, Madagascar
  O. p. Strand, 1906b: 660 (Df).
  O. p. Lessert, 1915b: 456, f. 21-26 (mf).

Peucetia Thorell, 1869
mf lucasi (Vinson, 1863)....................Comoro Is., Madagascar
  Sphasus lucasii Vinson, 1863: 35, 300, pl. 13, f. 3 (Df).
  P. lucasii Van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994: 24, f. 8a-g (mf).
mf madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863)....................Comoro Is., Madagascar
  Sphasus m. Vinson, 1863: 38, 300 (Df).
  P. m. Simon, 1898a: 370, f. 367-377 (f).
  P. m. Van Niekerk & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1994: 25, f. 8h-l (f, Dm).


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