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LINYPHIIDAE 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)




LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859

Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866
mf extensus Locket, 1968....................St. Helena, Africa, Madagascar, Comoro Is.
  L. e. Locket, 1968: 96, f. 23A-C, 24A-C (Df).
  L. bifurcus Locket, 1968: 88, f. 16A-C (Dm; not f, =L. locketi).
  L. e. van Helsdingen, 1977: 171, f. 72e-g, 73a-f (f, Sm).

Microlinyphia Gerhardt, 1928
mf simoni van Helsdingen, 1970....................Madagascar
  M. s. van Helsdingen, 1970: 30, f. 21-27 (Dmf).

Thapsagus Simon, 1894
f pulcher Simon, 1894 *....................Madagascar
  T. p. Simon, 1894a: 653 (Df).

Thyreobaeus Simon, 1889
f scutiger Simon, 1889 *....................Madagascar
  T. s. Simon, 1889b: 228 (Df).

Tmeticides Strand, 1907
f araneiformis Strand, 1907 *....................Madagascar
  T. a. Strand, 1907d: 729 (Df).
  T. a. Strand, 1907o: 36 (Df).


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