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Borboropactus cinerascens Doleschall 1859
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Borboropactus
Borboropactus cinerascens

description: * Borboropactus cinerascens (Doleschall, 1859)
Figs 18 A–E
Thomisus cinerascens Doleschall, 1859: 58, pl. 12, fig 4.
Borboropactus cinerascens (Doleschall). Simon 1884: 300; Benjamin et al. 2008: 722, figs 8A–E. Regillus cinerascens (Doleschall). Thorell 1890a: 318.
Borboropactus mindoroensis Barrion and Litsinger, 1995: 203, figs 116a–g. Synonymized by Benjamin et al. (2008). Borboropactus umaasaeus Barrion and Litsinger, 1995: 203, figs 117a–i. Synonymized by Benjamin et al. (2008). Borboropactus bangkongeus Barrion and Litsinger, 1995: 206, figs 118a–i. Synonymized by Benjamin et al. (2008).
Material examined. MALAYSIA: P. Pangkor: 1 male, 30v 150 m, 15–16 December 1997 (MHNG). Johor: 1 female, Kota Tinggi Waterfall, at the foot of Mt. Muntahak (1° 49’ 46.8’’ N 103° 49’ 59.2’’ E), 170 m, rain forest along stream, 24–26 June 2001, P. Schwendinger (MHNG). 1 male, Gunung Arong (2° 33’ 12.1’’ N 103° 45’ 20.5’’ E), 20 m, rain forest, 15 km N Mersing; 29–30 May 2004, P. Schwendinger (MHNG). Gunung Muntaha: 1 male, Kota Tinggi Waterfalls (1° 49’ 46.8’’ N 103° 49’ 59.2’’ E), 170 m, rain forest near stream, 15 km NW Kota Tingggi, 26–27 May 2004, P. Schwendinger (MHNG). Gunung Pulai: 1 male (1° 34’ 50.6’’ N 103° 30’ 36.5’’ E), 50 m, secondary forest, SW Kulai, 24 May 2004, P. Schwendinger (MHNG). INDONESIA: Irian Jaya: 1 female, Biak Island, Koriam, Roidifu, ca. 100 m, 2 February 2001, A. Riedel (MHNG). SUMATRA: North Sumatra Province: 1 male, Nias Island, disturbed primary forest near road, Gunungsitoli-Hiliduho (1° 15’ 59’’ N, 97° 32’ 37’’ E), 100 m 24 June 2006, P. Schwendinger (MHNG).
Diagnosis. Most closely related to and likely to be confused with B. bituberculatus. Males are separated from B. bituberculatus by the rounded MA, broad based E and tapering C (Fig 18 A). Females are separated by the shape of the AH, which is broader in B. cinerascens and the tapering ET; in B. bituberculatus the ET is stouter (Figs 18 D, 20D).
Description. Male palps as in Figs 18 A–C. Epigynum as in Figs 18 D, E. Described in detail in Barrion and Litsinger (1995).
Distribution. China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines.
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Borboropactus nyerere BENJAMIN, 2011, sp. nov.
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Borboropactus
Borboropactus nyerere

description: * Borboropactus nyerere sp. nov.
Figs 6 A, B, 19A–E, 22A–F, 23A–F, 24A–F, 25A–F, 26A–D
Type material: Holotype: male, TANZANIA: Iringa District: Uzungwa Scarp Forest reserve, 11 km SE Masisiwe, Kihanga Strm. 8°22’5.7’’S 35°58’41.6’’ E, 1800 m 17–27 May 1997, Understory, ZMJC-SI Exp. 1997 (USNM).
Paratypes: six females, same data as holotype.
Etymology. Named in honor of Julius K. Nyerere (1922–1999) the first President of Tanzania. Used as a noun in apposition.
Diagnosis. Separated by the square-shaped MA, obovate C and stout ET (Figs 22 A –E).
Description. Male (holotype): Total length: 5.6; prosoma length: 1.6, width: 2.4. Leg I: femur 2.8, patella 1.1, tibia 2.2, metatarsus 1.5, tarsus 0.8. Prosoma, yellow-brown, laterals darker (Fig 6 B). Opisthosoma lighter with white patches and dark markings as in Fig 6 B. AER recurved, PER almost straight, ALE = PLE> AME = PME. Opisthosoma triangular, broadening towards the back. Palps as in Figs 19 A–B, 22A–F.
Female paratype: Total length: 5.2; prosoma length: 2.5, width: 2.3. Leg I: femur 2.8, patella 1.2, tibia 2.4, metatarsus 1.2, tarsus 0.8. Similar to male, but lighter colored (Fig 6 A). Opisthosoma with white patches and dark markings as in Fig 6 A. Epigynum and vulva as in Figs 19 C–E, 23A–F.
Distribution: Known only from its type locality.
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Cebrenninus Simon 1887
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Cebrenninus

description: Genus Cebrenninus Simon, 1887
Type species: Cebrenninus rugosus Simon, 1887 Figs 5 C, 5F, 8B, 8E–F, 27A–E, 28A–F, 29A–F
Cebrenninus Simon, 1887: 486. Type species by original designation, Cebrenninus rugosus Simon, 1887. Examined. Libania Thorell, 1890b: 149. Type species by original designation Libania armillata Thorell, 1890, type depository unknown. Not examined.
Diagnosis. Separated from other thomisid genera by a combination of the following characters: Presence of a large stout RTA, presence of a free embolus that originates at the center of the bulb and the presence of a SDT inward turn in the male palp. Males also possess a second tegular sclerite, the ETP (Figs 27 B, 31A). Females could be separated from all other Thomisidae except for Ascurisoma Strand, 1928 by the presence of large globular spermathecae and the presence of a CD that is not longer than the thickness of the wall of S. Ascurisoma might be a synonym of Cebrenninus.
Composition. 6 species, not well known except for the type species and Cebrenninus srivijaya sp. nov.,
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Cebrenninus rugosus Simon 1887
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Cebrenninus
Cebrenninus rugosus

description: * Cebrenninus rugosus Simon, 1887
Figs 5 C,5F, 8B, 8E, 8F, 27A–E, 28A–F, 29A–F
Cebrenninus rugosus Simon, 1887: 468. Simon 1897a: 9, figs 1–2.
Libania armillata Thorell, 1890b: 149, types unavailable for study. Synonymized by Simon, 1897a: 9. Cupa kalawitana Barrion and Litsinger, 1995: 208, figs 119a–f. Holotype not examined. Synonymized by Tang et al. (2009).
Type material: Lectotype of Cebrenninus rugosus: male, no more data given, MNHN 8652/1572, examined.
Other material examined. THAILAND: Southern Isaan: 2 females, Khao-Yai National Park, 750 m, 26 July 1962, E. S. Ross and D. Q. Cavagnar (CAS). Chiang Mai Province: 1 male, near Chiang mai, Doi Suthep, 1150 m, 30 November 1996, P. Schwendinger (MHNG). Chumphon Province: 1 male 1female, near border Lang Suan-Phato Distr. Khao Kai Jae Waterfall, 80 m, semi evergreen rainforest, 21–22 August 2004, P. Schwendinger (MHNG). INDONESIA: Sumatra Barat: 1 female, Mangani, Mine near Kota Tinggi, 700 m, 21 July 1983, Edward S. Ross (CAS).
Diagnosis. This is the most common and widely distributed species of the genus. Males are separated by the long tapering E and MA. Females are separated by the round anteriorly boarded CO (Figs 27 A–E), and the lack of a narrow MR, which is present in C. srivijaya sp. nov.. Further, this species can also be easily separated by the presence of PME, which is lacking in C. srivijaya sp. nov., the only other illustrated species of the genus.
Variation. The specimens examined show some variation in the shape RTA, E and MA (Figs 27 B, 27C; Tang & Li 2010; Tang et al. 2009).
Distribution. China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand. Its presence is predicted in Burma, Vietnam and possibly in North India.
Remarks. Libania is regarded by Lehtinen (2002) as a synonym of Cebrenninus. The variation in the male genitalia of the specimens examined (but not the corresponding female genitalia) might suggest that more than one species is involved.
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Cebrenninus srivijaya BENJAMIN, 2011, sp. nov.
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Cebrenninus
Cebrenninus srivijaya

description: * Cebrenninus srivijaya sp. nov.
Figs 6 D, 30A–E, 31A–F, 32A–F
Type material: Holotype: Male, INDONESIA: Bengkulu Province (Sumatra): Taba Penanjung – Kepahiang, 630–770 m, evergreen rain forest, shifting, 27 February 2000, P. Schwendinger (MHNG). Paratypes: 1 male 2 females, same data as holotype.
Etymology. Sri Vijaya is an ancient Hindu kingdom on the island of Sumatra. Used as a noun in apposition.
Diagnosis. Separated from C. rugosus by the lack of PME. Further, males can be separated by the short, stout, broad based E and MA (Figs 30 A–B, 31A–E). Females can be separated by the presence of a narrow MR, which is lacking in C. rugosus (Figs 30 C–E).
Description. Male (holotype): Total length: 2.5; prosoma length: 1.3, width: 1.5. Leg I: femur 1.2, patella 0.4, tibia 1.2, metatarsus 0.8, tarsus 0.5. Prosoma dark brown, laterals darker. Opisthosoma light brown with darker patches and black markings as in Fig 6 D. AER and PER recurved. ALE> PLE. Leg formula II, I, IV, III. Palp as in Figs 30 A, B, 31A–F.
Female paratype: Total length: 6.5; prosoma length: 3.2, width: 1.5. Leg I: femur 1.2, patella 0.4, tibia 1.1, metatarsus 0.6, tarsus 0.5. Color and markings as in male. AER and PER recurved. ALE> PLE. Leg formula II, I, IV, III. Epigynum and vulva as in Figs 30 C–E.
Distribution. Known only from its type locality.
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Epidius Thorell 1877
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Epidius

description: Genus Epidius Thorell, 1877
Type species: Epidius longipalpis Thorell, 1877
Epidius Thorell, 1877: 492 (type species by monotypy Epidius longipalpis Thorell, 1877). Cupa Strand, 1906: in Bösenberg and Strand 1906: 265 (type species by monotypy Cupa typica Bösenberg and Strand, 1906). New synonymy.
Synonymy. The type species of Cupa is here considered a typical member of the genus Epidius as it fulfills criteria given in the diagnosis below (Figs 35A, B). I have examined the holotype of Cupa typica (SMF 4246); see below for details. This specimen has the, for Epidius characteristic oval, dual-chambered spermatheca connected by a Cshaped, thick-walled CD (Figs 35A, B).
Diagnosis. Species of the genus Epidiu s can be separated from all other thomisid genera by the following characters. Male palp with a elongated tibia (tibia is longer than the cymbium; Figs 33 A–C, 35C; Benjamin 2000). The distal tip of the male palpal tibia furnished with 4 to 6 thick long spines (Figs 33 B, 35C, 36A–C; Benjamin, 2000; Tang, et al., 2009); MA fixed (Figs 33 B, 35C, 36A–C). Females could be separated from all other thomisid genera by the presence of oval, dual-chambered spermatheca connected by a C-shaped, thick-walled CD (Figs 34 A–D, 35A, B, 38F). Living specimens of Epidiu s are green in color with a green yellow dorsal folium and live in green live parts of plants (Benjamin 2000; Tang et al. 2009). All species of related genera such as Angaeus, Ascurisoma, Borboropactus, Cebrenninus, Geraesta and Pharta are dark colored.
Description. See Benjamin (2000) and Tang et al. (2009).
Composition. Epidius bazarus (Tikader, 1970); Epidius binotatus Simon, 1897; Epidius denisi Lessert, 1943, Epidius gongi (Song & Kim, 1992); Epidius guineensis Millot, 1942; Epidius longipalpis Thorell, 1877; Epidius lyriger Simon, 1897; Epidius pallidus (Thorell, 1890), Epidius parvati Benjamin, 2000; Epidius rubropictus Simon, 1909; Epidius typicus (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) comb. nov.
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Epidius binotatus Simon 1897
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Epidius
Epidius binotatus

description: * Epidius binotatus Simon, 1897
Figs 33 A–C, 34A–D, 38E, F
Epidius binotatus Simon, 1897b: 491. Lessert 1930: 666, fig 36; Lessert 1943: 335, fig 38.
Type material: Syntypes of Epidius binotatus: 1 male 1 female 1 juvenile from SIERRA LEONE: ‘Freetown’ (MNHN 13670/1574), no more data given, examined (Figs 33 A, 34A, B).
Other material examined. CÔTE D’IVOIRE: 1 female, Appouesso, FC Bossematié, rain forest, station 1, 13 September 1995, R. Jocqué (MRAC 202642). DR CONGO: 3 females, Sankuru, Komi, no more data given (MHNG). 1 male 1 female, Poko, no more data given (MHNG). GABON. 1 male, Route Noayon, Sofor, 11 March 1986, A.Pauly (MRAC 172.760).
Diagnosis. Males can be separated by the hook-shaped E and MA. Both the E and MA are short necked with a rather blunt end (Figs 33 A–C). Further, the E is much shorter than that of Asian species. Females can be separated by the CO, which face each other, and also by the C-shaped epigyne (Figs 34 A–D, 38E, F).
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Epidius rubropictus Simon 1909
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Epidius
Epidius rubropictus

description: Epidius rubropictus Simon, 1909
Figs 5 I, 35C–E
Epidius rubropictus Simon, 1909: 144.
Philodromus ganxiensis Yin, Peng and Kim, 1999: 356, figs 2a–g. Transferred by Tang et al. (2009) from Philodromus to Epidius. New Synonymy.
Epidius ganxiensis (Yin, Peng and Kim, 1999). Tang et al., 2009: 44, figs 3a–j.
Type material: Syntype of Epidius rubropictus: VIETNAM: 1 male, ‘Tonkin’ (MNHN 22347), no more data given, examined.
Other material examined. INDONESIA: Sumatra: 1 female, Utara Deli Serdang Reserve, Naturelle de Sipispis, Region de Dolokmerawan, 380 m, 17 November, 1985, leg. C. Lienhard (MHNG).
Remarks. Tang et al. (2009) recognized that Philodromus ganxiensis was misplaced in Philodromus and transferred it to Epidius. The illustrations provided by these authors for Epidius ganxiensis and my examination of the type of E. rubropictus (MNHN 22347) leave no doubt that both names stand for a single species.
Diagnosis. Males can be separated by the shape of the MA. The MA has a long stalk, ending with a stout rounded tip (Figs 35 C). The E is thin and long, originating from the proximal end and extending over the distal end of the tegulum. Females can be separated by the thin, long copulatory ducts and the oval S (Figs 35 D, E). Females may also be separated by the disproportionately large spermathecal chambers (Figs 35 D, E).
Description. Female. from Indonesia: Sumatra. Total length: 3.3; prosoma length: 0.7, width: 1.5. Leg I: femur 2.0, patella 0.5, tibia 2.0, metatarsus 1.6, tarsus 0.9. Male palp as in Fig 35 C. Female vulva and epigyne as in Figs 35 D, E. For a good description of this species see also Yin et al. (1999) and Tang et al. (2009).
Distribution. China, Indonesia (Sumatra), Vietnam.
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Epidius typicus Bosenberg & Strand 1906, comb. nov.
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Epidius
Epidius typicus

description: Epidius typicus (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) comb. nov.
Figs 35A, B
Cupa typica Bösenberg and Strand, 1906: 266: 16, fig 454. Yaginuma 1986: 214, fig 119; Ono 1988: 21, figs 6–10.
Type material: Holotype of Cupa typica: JAPAN: ‘Yunohama Berg bei Saga’, Dönitz leg. (SMF 4246), no more data given, examined.
Diagnosis. Separated by the shape of the vulva and copulatory openings (Figs 35A, B). Males remain unknown.
Description. See Ono (1988) for a very detailed description and diagnosis.
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Geraesta Simon 1889
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Geraesta

description: Genus Geraesta Simon, 1889
Type species: Geraesta hirta Simon, 1889 Figs 7 F, 39A–E, 40A–F, 41A–F
Geraesta Simon, 1889: 225 (type species by original designation Geraesta hirta Simon, 1889). Examined.
Diagnosis. Sister to Borboropactus, thus easily confused with it. Separated from Borboropactus and all other thomisids by the presence of two to three trichobothria on the dorsal surface of the cymbium of the male palp (Figs 40 D, 42B, 43C, 45E). Females can be separated by the presence of an epigynal lip (Figs 41 E, 42C, 44D, 46D). Other diagnostic characters are the presence of a colulus (Figs 41 F, 46E; also present in Pharta, separated from it by the cup-shaped MA) and the presence of a DTA (Fig 39 C). Separated from Epidius by the absence of an elongated male palp tibia (tibia is longer than the cymbium in Epidius; Fig 35 C) and the absence of 4 to 6 thick long spines on the distal margin of the tibia of the male palp (Figs 33 B, 35C, 36B). Separated from Cebrenninus by the presence of a free embolus that originates at the center of the bulb; and the presence of a SDT inward turn in the male palp in Cebrenninus (Figs 27 A, 30A). Females can be separated from those of Cebrenninus by the presence of large globular spermathecae that lack CD in the latter genus (Figs 30 D).
Distribution. Madagascar, Tanzania, and possibly all over the rest of Africa.
Remarks. Judging from illustrations in Ledoux (2004) Prepotelus Simon, 1898 might be a synonym of Geraesta.
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Geraesta hirta Simon 1889
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Geraesta
Geraesta hirta

description: * Geraesta hirta Simon, 1889
Figs 7 F, 39A–E, 40A–F, 41A–F
Geraesta hirta Simon, 1889: 225. Simon, 1897a: 7, figs 3–4. Geraesta bilobata Simon, 1897a: 7, fig 5. New synonymy.
Type material: Syntype of Geraesta hirta: 1 subadult male from Madagascar (MNHN 9317/1573), examined. Syntype of Geraesta bilobata: 1 male from Madagascar, should be in MNHN, not found; probably lost.
Other material examined. MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana Province: 2 male 2 females, P. N. Mt. D’Ambre, 12° 32’ S 38°49.10’ E, 1100 m, 23–28 November 1993, J. Coddington, N. Scharf, S. Larcher, C. Griswold, R. Andriamanana (USNM). 1 male 1 female, P. N. Mt. D’Ambre, 1.2 km 184ο S Joffreville, 12° 31.53.5’ S 49°36.8’ E, 1000–1200 m, 14–20 December 2005, H. Wood et. al., Montaine rain forest general collecting (CAS CASENT 9024728). Mahajanga Province: 1 male, Parc National Tsingy de Bemaraha, 10.6 km ESE 123 Antsalova, 19° 42.34’ S 44°43.4’ E, 150 m, 16–20 September 2001. Tropical dry forest on Tsingy, general collecting night spiders Coll. BL Fisher et al. (CAS CASENT 9009314).
Synonymy. This species is recognized by the two dorsal lobs of the prosoma. The examined syntype of Geraesta hirta (MNHN 9317/1573) is the male specimen illustrated by Simon (1897a: figs 3–4). It is a sub adult male (penultimate). The outline of the embolus and MA is visible through the exoskeleton of the palp and is figured in Simon’s drawing of the male palp (Simon 1897a: figs 3–4). As a subadult male palp it lacks a RTA, as described by Simon (1889). The cheliceral teeth are visible and led him to place the genus in the subfamily Stephanopinae. The type of G. hirta is in a very fragile state; I do not consider it prudent to manipulate it further and thus it is not illustrated here. The syntype of Geraesta bilobata could not be found at MNHN, although it is listed in the records of the museum. My identification is based on Simon’s original description.
Diagnosis. Separated from G. lehtineni sp. nov. by the thin, tapering RTA (Fig 39 B, 40B). Separated from G. mkwawa sp. nov. by the presence of C and longer RTA (Figs 39 B, 40B). Females can be separated by the short EL (Figs 39 D, 41E).
Description. Male (MNHN 9317/1573, subadult): Prosoma light yellow, laterals darker. Opisthosoma yellow with white and black patches. AER and PER recurved. All eyes more or less of equal size. Palp as in Figs 39 B, C, 40A–F.
Female: Color and markings as in male. Epigynum and vulva as in Figs 39 D–E, 41E.
Distribution. Known only from Madagascar. This species has been frequently collected, suggesting that it is widespread compared to other species of the genus.
description: Published as part of SURESH P. BENJAMIN, 2011, Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae), pp. 1-108 in Zootaxa 3080 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1049440
Geraesta lehtineni BENJAMIN, 2011, sp. nov.
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Geraesta
Geraesta lehtineni

description: * Geraesta lehtineni sp. nov.
Figs 42 A–D, 43A–F
Type material: Holotype: Male from MADAGASCAR: Antananarivo: R. S. d’Ambohitantely, Foret d’Ambohitantely, Forest fragment, ca. 20 km NE d’ Ankazobe, 18°12’29.6’’ S 47°17’8.3’’ E, 1638 m, montane rainforest, 20 March 2003, general coll. night. D. Andriamalala, D. Silva et al. (CAS CASENT 9015689).
Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype.
Other material examined. MADAGASCAR: Antananarivo: 1 male, R. S. d’Ambohitantely, Foret d’Ambohitantely, Jardin Botanique, 24.1km, 59ο NE Ankazobe, 18°10’17’’ S 47°16’55’’ E, 1620 m, montane rainforest, 16–21 March 2003, general coll. night. D. Andriamalala, D. Silva et al. (CAS CASENT 9013883).
Etymology. Named in honor of Dr. Pekka T. Lehtinen.
Diagnosis. Separated from G. h i r t a by the stouter RTA and the much broader C (Figs 42 A, B). Separated from G. mkwawa sp. nov. by the absence of C and longer, stouter RTA (Figs 42 A, B). Note that this species has been found at a much higher elevation than G. h i r t a.
Description. Male: Prosoma light yellow, laterals darker. Opisthosoma, yellow with white and black patches. AER and PER recurved. All eyes are of more or less of equal size. Palp as in Figs 42 A, B, 43A–F.
Female: Color and markings as in male. Epigynum and vulva as in Figs 42 C, D.
Distribution. Known only from the type locality. Endemic to Madagascar.
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Geraesta mkwawa BENJAMIN, 2011, sp. nov.
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Geraesta mkwawa

description: Geraesta mkwawa sp. nov.
Figs 6 E, 6F, 44A–D, 45A–F, 46A–F
Type material: Holotype: male from TANZANIA: Iringa District: Uzungwa Scarp Forest reserve, 11 km SE Masisiwe, Kihanga Strm. 8°22’5.7’’ S 35°58’41.6’’ E, 1800 m, 17–27 May 1997, understory, ZMJC-SI Exp. 1997 (USNM, more specimens are available in USNM and CAS).
Paratypes: 3 male 3 females, same data as holotype.
Etymology. Named after Tanzanian tribal Chief Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga (1855 –1898) commonly known as Chief Mkwawa. He was a tribal leader in German East Africa (Tanzania) who opposed the German colonization. Mkwawa, meaning "conqueror of many lands" was a very early user of guerrilla warfare. Used as a noun in apposition.
Description. Male (holotype): Total length: 4.0; prosoma length: 2.0, width: 1.7. Leg I: femur 4.0, patella 0.8, tibia 3.8, metatarsus 3.2, tarsus 1.8. Prosoma light yellow, laterals darker. Opisthosoma brown-yellow with white and black patches as in Fig 6 E. AER and PER recurved. AME smaller than the rest. Palp as in Figs 44 A, 45A–F. Female: Total length: 5.4; prosoma length: 2.4, width: 2.2. Leg I: femur 3.6, patella 1.2, tibia 3.2, metatarsus 2.4, tarsus 1.2. Color and markings as in male. Epigynum and vulva as in Figs 44 C, 44D, 46D.
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Pharta Thorell 1891
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Pharta

description: Genus Pharta Thorell, 1891
Type species: Pharta bimaculata Thorell, 1891 Figs 5 E, 48A–D
Pharta Thorell, 1891: 85. Type species by monotypy Pharta bimaculata Thorell, 1891, examined.
Sanmenia Song and Kim, 1992: 142. Type species by original designation Cupa zhengi Ono and Song, 1986. New synonymy.
Synonymy. The type species of Sanmenia, Cupa zhengi is here considered a junior synonym of P. brevipalpus (Simon, 1903) comb. nov.. Illustrations of the type specimens of Cupa zhengi by Ono and Song (1986) unambiguously match the type of P. brevipalpus examined by me; see below for details..
Diagnosis. Diagnosed by the presence of posterior epigynal pockets and oval spermatheca. Further, Pharta could be separated from all thomisids except for Ascurisoma, Epidius, Cebrenninus and Geraesta by the presence of a macro-trichobothrium on the palpal tibia and serrated tarsal setae. Separated from Epidius by the absence of an elongated male palp tibia (tibia is longer than the cymbium in Epidius; Fig 35 C) and the absence of 4 to 6 thick long spines on the distal margin of the tibia of the male palp (Fig 35 C, 36A–C). Separated from Ascurisoma and Cebrenninus by the presence of a free embolus that originates at the center of the bulb, presence of a SDT inward turn in the male palp as well as the proportionately much larger cephalic area in Ascurisoma and Cebrenninus. Females of Ascurisoma and Cebrenninus can be separated from Pharta by the presence of large globular spermathecae that lack CD in the latter two genera. Separated from Geraesta by the absence of a pair of trichobothria on the dorsal surface of the cymbium of the male palp that is present in Geraesta (Fig 45 E). Females could be separated from those of Geraesta by the absence of a scapus (cf. Figs 42 C, 46D, showing the scapus in Geraesta). Separated from Borboropactus by the absence of the following characters found in males and females of Borboropactus: Cshaped spermatheca (Fig 18 E), the unique sensory patch on tarsi (Figs 24 C–E), canoe-shaped tapetum and straight PER (Fig 26 C).
Description. This genus is well described under its older name Sanmenia (Ono 1995; Ono & Song 1986; Tang et al. 2009; Yang et al. 2006).
Composition. Pharta bimaculata Thorell, 1891; Pharta brevipalpus (Simon, 1903) comb. nov.; Pharta gongshan (Yang, Zhu &Song, 2006) comb. nov.; Pharta nigra (Tang, Griswold and Peng, 2009) comb. nov.; Pharta tengchong (Tang, Griswold & Yin, 2009) comb. nov..
Distribution. Burma, China, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam (Ono 1995; Ono & Song 1986; Tang et al. 2009; Yang et al. 2006).
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Pharta bimaculata Thorell 1891
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Pharta
Pharta bimaculata

description: Pharta bimaculata Thorell, 1891
Figs 5 E, 48A–D
Sanmenia kohi Ono, 1995: 162, figs 7-15. New synonymy.
Type material: Holotype of Pharta bimaculata: 1 subadult female from Singapore (SMNH 1167), examined (Fig 5 E).
Other material examined. SINGAPORE: 1 male, Lim Chu Kang Road, abandoned farm, foliage of creeping plant, 29 April 1990, JKH. Koh (USNM). 1 female, Woodlands Road, grasses, 7 April– 15 June 2002, JKH. Koh (USNM).
Synonymy. Several adult specimens from Singapore described in the now invalid genus Sanmenia (see above) by Ono (1995), can be unambiguously assigned to P. b i m a c u l a t a, due to their general shape and markings of the prosoma, as well as the two black spots of the opisthosoma (Fig 5 E). Further, this is the only known species of the genus from Singapore. As the holotype of P. bimaculata is a subadult, genitalic characters cannot be compared. Examination of the types of Sanmenia kohi was unnecessary as they are well illustrated.
Diagnosis. Separated from all other species of the genus by the presence of two apical apophyses which originate more or less from the same position of the tibia (Figs 48 A, 48B). Pharta brevipalpus has two tibial apophyses, of which one is furnished with short, strong hairs (Fig 47 C; Ono 1995). Pharta gongshan has a single apophysis that diverges into three parts (Fig 47A, B). See also Ono and Song (1986) and Ono (1988).
Description. This species is well described under its older name, Sanmenia kohi (Ono 1995).
Distribution. Know only from Singapore (Ono 1995).
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Clathrinida Hartman 1958
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Clathrinida

description: Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958
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Leucascidae Dendy 1892
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Leucascidae

description: Family Leucascidae Dendy, 1892
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Leucascus Dendy 1892
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Leucascus

description: Genus Leucascus Dendy, 1892
Diagnosis: Copiously branched and anastomosed choanocyte tubes covered by a continuous membrane. The exhalant aquiferous system is represented by a well-developed atrium delimited by a membrane with no choanoderm, supported by a specific skeleton of triactines and/or tetractines. The size of the spicules of the choanocyte tubes and of the cortical and atrial membranes is very similar. Apical actine of the tetractines ornamented with spines. Solenoid aquiferous system.
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Leucascus flavus Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau, 2013, sp. nov.
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Leucascus flavus

description: Leucascus flavus sp. nov.
Etymology: Latin flavus: yellow. Describing the colour of the sponge alive.
Diagnosis: Colour alive is yellow. Spicules are slightly conical to conical, with sharp tips. Choanocyte tubes are hispid.
Type material: ZMAPOR 13145 (Holotype; Sulawesi, Bone Baku, Indonesia; station BB/NV/ 120597 /27; coll.: N. J. de Voogd; 16/V/1997; depth: 12 m).
Type locality: Sulawesi, Bone Baku, Indonesia.
Description: The colour of this specimen is yellow alive and beige after fixation (Figure 14 A). The sponge measures 3.5 x 3.0 x 0.7 cm. The surface is smooth and the consistency is soft. The osculum was damaged, but it is possible to observe that there was no membrane or crown of spicules. A thin membrane covers the entire body. Below this membrane there are tightly anastomosed tubes and a wide atrium also lined by a membrane.
The skeleton is composed of triactines and tetractines. Both categories are present in the cortical membrane, but the triactines (both types) are more abundant (Figure 14 B). Inside the cormus, slightly conical triactines and tetractines are present in equal proportions. The tetractines project their apical actine into the lumen of the choanocyte tubes (Figure 14 C), which are slightly hispid. The atrial skeleton is composed of triactines and tetractines, but the tetractines are the most abundant spicules (Figure 14 D).
Spicules (Table 9):
(i) Triactines (Figure 14 E, F): Regular. Actines are slightly conical or conical, straight, with sharp tips; (ii) Tetractines (Figure 15 A): Regular. Actines are slightly conical. The apical actine is commonly straight, thinner than the basal actines, and ornamented with spines (Figure 15 B).
Remarks: Leucascus roseus is most similar to L. flavus sp. nov. Both species present a cortical skeleton mainly composed of triactines and an atrial skeleton mainly with tetractines. Nevertheless, L. flavus sp. nov. is yellow alive, while L. roseus is pink. Other important differences between these species are the tip of the actines, sharp in L. flavus sp. nov. and blunt in L. roseus, and the choanocyte tubes, which are more hispid in L. flavus sp. nov.
Distribution: Indian Ocean. Sulawesi, Bone Baku, Indonesia. Spalding et al. (2007) corresponding ecoregion: Northeast Sulawesi.
description: Published as part of Cavalcanti, Fernanda F., Rapp, Hans Tore & Klautau, Michelle, 2013, Taxonomic revision of Leucascus Dendy, 1892 (Porifera: Calcarea) with revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924 and description of three new species, pp. 275-314 in Zootaxa 3619 (3) on pages 297-299, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/221852
Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick 1924
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Ascoleucetta

description: Genus Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924
Diagnosis: Copiously branched and anastomosed choanocyte tubes covered by a well-developed cortex formed mainly by spicules measuring at least the double size of the spicules present in the choanocyte tubes. The exhalant aquiferous system is represented by a well-developed atrium delimited by a membrane with no choanoderm, supported by a specific skeleton of triactines and/or tetractines. Apical actine of the tetractines without spines. Aquiferous system is solenoid.
description: Published as part of Cavalcanti, Fernanda F., Rapp, Hans Tore & Klautau, Michelle, 2013, Taxonomic revision of Leucascus Dendy, 1892 (Porifera: Calcarea) with revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924 and description of three new species, pp. 275-314 in Zootaxa 3619 (3) on page 299, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/221852
Leucascus
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Leucascus

description: Key to the species of Leucascus
1. Skeleton composed only of triactines............................................................ L. protogenes
- Skeleton composed of triactines and tetractines.............................................................. 2
2. Diactines present...................................................................................... 3
- Diactines absent....................................................................................... 4
3. Diactines are club-shaped....................................................................... L. clavatus
- Diactines are microdiactines................................................................. L. albus sp. nov.
4. Tripods are present.................................................................................... 5
- Tripods are absent..................................................................................... 6
5. Only normal tripods......................................................................... L. leptoraphis
- Some tripods with a fourth rudimentary actine........................................................ L. lobatus
6. Colour alive pink and atrial skeleton composed mainly of tetractines....................................... L. roseus
- Atrial skeleton composed mainly of triactines............................................................... 7
7. Choanocyte tubes are mainly smooth............................................................... L. simplex
- Choanocyte tubes are mainly hispid....................................................................... 8
8. Colour alive white....................................................................... L. neocaledonicus
- Colour alive yellow....................................................................... L. flavus sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Cavalcanti, Fernanda F., Rapp, Hans Tore & Klautau, Michelle, 2013, Taxonomic revision of Leucascus Dendy, 1892 (Porifera: Calcarea) with revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924 and description of three new species, pp. 275-314 in Zootaxa 3619 (3) on pages 309-310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/221852
Ascoleucetta
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Ascoleucetta

description: Key to the species of Ascoleucetta
1. Atrial skeleton composed of spicules exclusive of this region........................................... A. amitsba
- Atrial skeleton composed of spicules occurring also in other regions of the sponge.................................. 2
2. Diactines are present................................................................................... 3
- Diactines are absent..................................................................... A. sagittata sp. nov.
3. Microdiatines around the inhalant apertures....................................................... A. ventricosa
- Trichoxeas around the inhalant apertures......................................................... A. compressa
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Cleptes Latreille 1802
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Cleptes

description: Genus Cleptes Latreille, 1802
Although Mocsáry (1889) considered the genus Cleptes in Chrysididae, Cleptinae, all the following European authors of the XX century treated members of this genus in a separated family, Cleptidae (Bischoff 1913; Trautmann 1927; Richards 1935; Berland & Bernard 1938; Móczár 1949, 1951, Benno 1950; Beaumont 1955; Linsenmaier 1951; Kusdas 1956). Linsenmaier (1959) was the first European entomologist to consider Cleptinae as a subfamily of Chrysididae. Linsenmaier (1959) included in this subfamily the genus Heterocoelia Dahlbom, 1854, later transferred to the Bethylidae, subfamily Mesitiinae, by Móczár (1971); Walter Linsenmaier never faced with the American and Oriental Cleptinae genera Cleptidea Mocsáry, 1904 and Lustrina Kurian, 1955.
Linsenmaier (1959, 1968, 1987, 1994, 1999) described 16 species and two subspecies of Cleptes Latreille. All species are still considered valid (Kimsey & Bohart 1991; Móczár 1997a, 1997b, 1998a, 1998b, 1998c, 2000a, 2000b, 2001), with the exception of Cleptes antakyensis Linsenmaier, 1968, which was synonymised by Móczár (1997a) with Cleptes femoralis Mocsáry, 1890. The status of Cleptes scutellaris gurunensis Linsenmaier, 1987 is doubtful (Móczár 1997a).
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2020, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 1. Cleptes Latreille, pp. 54-72 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4425716
Cleptes aerosus subsp. franciscae Linsenmaier 1987
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Cleptes aerosus
Cleptes aerosus franciscae linsenmaier, 1987

description: Cleptes aerosus franciscae Linsenmaier, 1987
(Fig. 1 A–1D)
Cleptes aerosus ssp. franciscae Linsenmaier, 1987: 133. Holotype ♀; Morocco: Mogador [= Essaouira] (NMLU). Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 58 (cat., aerosus group); Linsenmaier 1999: 7 (key), 8 (descr., aerosus group).
Cleptes (Holcocleptes) aerosus franciscae: Móczár 1998a: 325 (cat., aerosus group), 326 (key), 334 (tax.).
Type locality. Morocco: “Maroc, ♀ Type Mogador IV.1965 Coll. m.”.
Holotype, ♀: Maroc 30.IV.65 Mogador Taftet leg. Linsenmaier // ♀ Type Cleptes Ltr. aerosus franciscae Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1965 // 406 a) // Holotypus C. aer. franciscae des. Móczár 998 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr 00000008.
Remarks. Cleptes aerosus franciscae is considered as a valid subspecies (Móczár 1998a). It is clearly separated from the European subspecies by entirely dark colouration of metasoma (vs. light orange colouration on the first, second and basal third metasoma segments). Morphological characters are the reduced pits of the transversal pronotal line and of the longitudinal posterior row.
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2020, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 1. Cleptes Latreille, pp. 54-72 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4425716
Cleptes affulgens Lins. Linsenmaier 1994
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Cleptes affulgens

description: Cleptes affulgens Linsenmaier, 1994
(Fig. 2 A–2D)
Cleptes affulgens Linsenmaier, 1994: 515. Holotype ♂; Israel: Tivon [= Kiryat Tivon] (orientalis group) (NMLU).
Cleptes (Maculosicleptes) affulgens: Móczár 1998c: 511 (cat., key, descr., dahlbomi group).
Type locality. Israel, Jordan: “Type (Holotypus) ♂, Palästina, Jordanien, Tivon, 24.4.1944, leg. Bytinski-Salz;—Al- lotypus ♀, Umgeb.[ung] Amman, 26.4.1963, leg. J. Klapperich, in Coll. m.; Paratypus ♀ Tivon in Coll. Bytinski-Salz, Tel Aviv (In Linsenmaier 1959 u. 1969 bisher irrtümlich als auratus Dahlbom, 1845 aufgeführt)”.
Holotype, ♂: Tivon Palestine [currently Kiryat Tivon, Israel] 24.IV.1944 leg. Bytinski-Salz // ♂ Type Cleptes Ltr. affulgens Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1993 (ex type-collection) // 453 // NML _ENT GBIF _ Chr 00000345.
Allotype, ♀: Jordanien 26.IV.63 bei Amman leg. Klapperich // ♀ Cleptes auratus det. Lins. 64 // ♀ Allotype Cleptes Ltr. affulgens Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1993 (ex type-collection) // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr 00000346.
Remarks. Linsenmaier (1994) described Cleptes affulgens in the orientalis species group. Móczár (1998c: 511) transferred Cleptes affulgens to the subgenus Maculosicleptes Móczár, 1998a, Cleptes dahlbomi species group. Móczár (1998c) added erroneously Turkey to the distribution of the species.
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2020, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 1. Cleptes Latreille, pp. 54-72 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on pages 56-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4425716
Cleptes antakyensis Lins. Linsenmaier 1968
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Cleptes antakyensis

description: Cleptes antakyensis Linsenmaier, 1968
(Fig. 3 A–3D)
Cleptes antakyensis Linsenmaier, 1968: 7. Holotype ♀; Turkey: Antakya (NMLU). Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 59 (cat., nitidulus group); Móczár 1997a: 31 (key, syn. of Cleptes femoralis Mocsáry, 1890); 37 (descr., syn. of Cleptes femoralis Mocsáry, 1890).
Cleptes (Leiocleptes) antakyensis: Móczár 1997b: 91 (cat., syn. of Cleptes femoralis Mocsáry, 1890).
Type locality. Turkey: “ Klein-Asien, Antakya, VI.65, leg. Schmidt und Schwarz. ♀ Type, ♂ Allotype, Coll. m.”.
Holotype, ♀: Antakya As. Türk. 2.VI.1965 leg. J. Schmidt // ♀ Type Cleptes Ltr. antakyensis Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1967 // 347 // Holotypus C. antakyensis Lins. des. Móczár 998 // Cleptes ♀ femoralis Mocs. det. L. Móczár 998 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr 00000183 (ex type-collection).
Paratypes, 1♂: Türkei Antakya 4.VI.1965 leg. Jos. Schmidt // ♂ Paratype Cleptes Ltr. antakyensis Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1967 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr 00000181 (ex synoptic-collection); 1♂: Türkei Antakya 6. VI.1965 leg. Jos. Schmidt // ♂ Paratype Cleptes Ltr. antakyensis Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1967 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr 00000182; 1♂: Türkei Antakya 6. VI.1965 leg. M. Schwarz // ♂ Paratype Cleptes Ltr. antakyensis Lins. Linsenmaier det. 1967 // Cleptes ♂ femoralis Mocs. det. L. Móczár 998 // compared with femoralis holotype det. L. Móczár 998 // NML _ENT GBIF _Chr 00000180.
Remarks. The allotype is currently preserved at the Hungarian Museum of Natural History in Budapest, after Móczár examination. Móczár (1997a) synonymized Cleptes antakyensis based on a paratype and other topotypical specimens collected by J. Schmidt and deposited in Linz. However, he later received Linsenmaier’s holotype and allotype in 1998 for further examination (see identification labels). Kimsey & Bohart (1991) included Cleptes antakiensis Linsenmaier in the nitidulus species group. Móczár (1997a: 37) synonymized Cleptes antakyensis with Cleptes (Leiocleptes) femoralis Mocsáry, 1890.
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Heim, René & Bernasconi, Marco Valerio, 2020, The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 1. Cleptes Latreille, pp. 54-72 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4425716