Damon gracilis Weygoldt, 1998

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Damon gracilis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:32b5f949-6eb2-4bf1-8f03-4f647a8ec4d3


Taxonomic references

Damon gracilis Weygoldt:

Weygoldt, 1998b: 261–266, figs. 9–16, 20–22 original description
Weygoldt, 1999a: 24–28, figs. 45–52, 55
Weygoldt, 2000a: n/a, figs. 63–66, 154, 242–244, 293
Weygoldt, 2000b: 343, 346, figs. 11, 13, 18–20
Harvey, 2003c: 12
Prendini, Weygoldt and Wheeler, 2005: n/a, figs. 2, 11, 27
Arabi, Judson, Deharveng, Lourenco, Cruaud and Hassanin, 2012: n/a, fig. 2
Prendini and Bird, 2023: 234

Distribution
Distribution table
Angola
Namibia
Type locality: Kaoko Otavi, Kunene, Namibia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Kaoko Otavi -18.3 13.65
Type repository
  • Holotype State Museum of Namibia (SMWN), Windhoek, Namibia Male
  • Paratype State Museum of Namibia (SMWN), Windhoek, Namibia 2 female, 1 male
References

Arabi, J., Judson, M.L., Deharveng, L., Lourenco, W.R., Cruaud, C. & Hassanin, A. (2012). Nucleotide composition of CO1 sequences in Chelicerata (Arthropoda): detecting new mitogenomic rearrangements. Journal of Molecular Evolution 74: 81–95. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. -- Show included taxa

Prendini, L., Weygoldt, P. & Wheeler, W.C. (2005). Systematics of the Damon variegatus group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 5: 203–236. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2004.12.004 -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1998b). Mating and spermatophore morphology in whip spiders (Phrynichodamon scullyi [Purcell, 1901], Damon gracilis nov. spec., Damon variegatus [Perty, 1834] and Euphrynichus bacillifer [Gerstaecker, 1873]) (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Phrynichidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 236: 259–276. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1999a). Revision of the genus Damon C.L. Koch, 1850 (Chelicerata: Amblypygi: Phrynichidae). Zoologica, Stuttgart 150: 1–45. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2000a). Whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi). Their biology, morphology and systematics. Apollo Books, Stenstrup. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2000b). African whip spiders. Synopsis of the Amblypygi reported from Africa (Arachnida). Memorie della Societé Entomologica Italiana, Supplemento 78: 339–359. -- Show included taxa

Prendini, L. & Bird, T.L. (2023). Endemism of Arachnida (Amblypygi, Scorpiones and Solifugae) in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia: Current knowledge and future directions. Namibian Journal of Environment 8: 231–244. (External link) -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-11-18 New taxonomic reference entry Prendini and Bird, 2023
2024-04-16 Species updated Old value
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Arabi, Judson, Deharveng, Lourenco, Cruaud and Hassanin, 2012
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Prendini, Weygoldt and Wheeler, 2005
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1999
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1998
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Species updated Old value