Damon medius (Herbst, 1797)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Phalangium medium

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:ed6fa62d-a46f-4a42-8716-59814c615c33


Taxonomic references

Phalangium medium Herbst:

Herbst in Lichtenstein and Herbst, 1797: 77–79, plate IV, fig. 1 original description

Phrynus medius (Herbst):

Latreille, 1804: 137
Latreille, 1818b: 11, plate 343
Koch, 1840: 8–10, fig. 598
Gervais, 1844: 4–5 (misidentification?)
Koch, 1850: 80
Butler, 1873c: 120 (in part?)
Butler, 1879: 314
Pereyaslawzewa, 1897a: 319–320

Tarantula media (Herbst):

Leach, 1814: 428

Damon medius (Herbst):

Greeff, 1884: 60
Simon, 1885d: 385
Simon, 1887a: 276
Simon, 1887b: 455
Hansen, 1894: 150, 155, 159, plate II, fig. 9
Kraepelin, 1899a: 238–239, fig. 87
Kraepelin, 1901b: 264
Werner, 1902: 606–607
Börner, 1904: 5, figs. 2, 31, 44, 67
Simon, 1904a: 443
Lampe, 1918: 205
Fage, 1923b: 298
Kästner, 1932a: n/a, figs. 32, 38, 62, 88, 94
Werner, 1935a: 472, figs. 51, 60, 67b, 147–148
Fage, 1939a: 109–110, figs. 3a, 3a', 4b, 6 (in part, see Damon tibialis (Simon))
Fage, 1939b: 153
Millot, 1949d: n/a, figs. 319c, 325, 338, 346
Fage, 1954: 180, fig. 2
Lawrence, 1958b: 858, figs. 1b, 1d
Vandel, 1965: 94
Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 156
Lawrence, 1968a: 4–5, figs. 1h-i
Lawrence, 1969b: 82, 86 (in part, see Damon tibialis (Simon))
Delle Cave and Simonetta, 1975: 161
Weygoldt, 1999a: 10–13, figs. 10–18
Weygoldt, 1999b: 49, 53–55, 60, 61, figs. 7–13
Weygoldt, 1999c: 110
Weygoldt, 2000a: n/a, figs. 4, 56–58, 112, 188–191, 232–235, 293
Weygoldt, 2000b: 342, 346, figs. 11–12, 14
Harvey, 2003c: 12–13
Vitková, Král, Traut, Zrzavý and Marec, 2005: 147, 152, 153, fig. 2m
Penney, 2009: n/a, figs. on p. 72 (no number)
Arabi, Judson, Deharveng, Lourenco, Cruaud and Hassanin, 2012: n/a, fig. 2A
Seiter and Hörweg, 2014: 50, 53
Réveillion, Montuire, Maquart, Fétiveau and Bollache, 2021: 1005, 1010, figs. 1, 5, table 1
Crews and Esposito, 2022: 277, 282, fig. 11.1

Titanodamon medius (Herbst):

Kraepelin, 1895: 14–17, figs. 7–8
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 37

Titanodamon medius (typicus) (Herbst):

Kraepelin, 1895: 16

Damon medius (typicus) (Herbst):

Kraepelin, 1899a: 239
Hansen, 1921: 7

Charon medius (Herbst):

n/a, fig. 525, Shipley, 1909 (reference missing)

Damon medius medius (Herbst):

Frade, 1948: 14–15

Not Phrynus medius (Herbst):

Hoeven, 1842a: 68–76, figs. 1–14 (misidentification; see Charon grayi (Gervais))


Synonyms
Phrynus bassamensis Lucas, 1858 -- synonymised by Simon, 1885d: 385
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Phrynus bassamensis Lucas:
Lucas, 1858: 434–436 original description
Butler, 1873c: 120, plate 7, fig. 3
Butler, 1879: 314
Simon, 1885d: 385 (synonymised with Damon medius (Herbst, 1797))
Titanodamon bassamensis (Lucas):
Pocock, 1894d: 290–291
Pocock, 1899e: 837
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 37
Phrynus kochii Butler, 1873 -- synonymised by Simon, 1885d: 385
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Phrynus kochii Butler:
Butler, 1873c: 118, plate 6, fig. 2 original description
Butler, 1879: 314
Simon, 1885d: 385 (synonymised with Damon medius (Herbst, 1797))
Titanodamon kochii (Butler):
Pocock, 1894d: 290
Phrynus granulosus Butler, 1873 -- synonymised by Pocock, 1894d: 290
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Phrynus granulosus Butler:
Butler, 1873c: 122–123, plate 7, figs. 10–12 original description
Butler, 1879: 315
Pocock, 1894d: 290 (synonymised with Damon medius (Herbst, 1797))
Phrynus savatieri Rochebrune, 1883 -- synonymised by Simon, 1886c: lxxxvi
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:467e4231-cb2f-48c2-8c02-0dd87081df54
Phrynus savatieri Rochebrune:
Rochebrune, 1883: 28 original description
Simon, 1886c: lxxxvi (synonymised with Damon medius (Herbst, 1797))
Distribution
Distribution table
Benin
Cameroon
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Guinea
Liberia
Mali
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
São Tomé and Príncipe
Togo
Type locality: Liberia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Liberia (IMPRECISE) 6 -10
Type repository
  • Neotype undefined (Neotype designated by Weygoldt, 1999a: 10.)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C4B8D3CF-5AE5-4FF5-86E5-3153A1C5D91C

References

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Butler, A.G. (1873c). A monographic revision of the genus Phrynus, with descriptions of four remarkable new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 12: 117–125. -- Show included taxa

Butler, A.G. (1879). Respecting a new distinction between the species of the genus Phrynus of authors. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 4: 313–316. -- Show included taxa

Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. (1968). Spiders, scorpions, centipedes and mites. Pergamon Press, Oxford. [revised edition] -- Show included taxa

Delle Cave, L. & Simonetta, A.M. (1975). Taxonomic notes on the Amblypygi (Arachnida Chelicerata) from Ethiopia and Somalia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, n.s., Supplemento 6: 141–166. -- Show included taxa

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Fage, L. (1939a). Sur une phryne du Sud Marocain pourvue d'un appareil stridulent Musicodamon atlanteus, n. gen., nov. sp.. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 64: 100–114. -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1939b). Les Pédipalpes Africains du genre Charinus à propos d'une espèce nouvelle du Fouta-Djalon: Charinus milloti, n. sp.. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 44: 153–160. -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1954). Remarques sur la distribution géographique des Pédipalpes Amblypyges africains, accompagnées de la description d'une espèce nouvelle de Madagascar: Charinus madagascariensis, nov. sp.. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, Sciences Zoologiques 1: 180–184. -- Show included taxa

Frade, F. (1948). Escorpiões, Solífugos e Pedipalpos da Guiné Portuguesa. Anais de Junta das Missões Geográficas e de Investigações Colonias, Lisboa 3(4): 5–18. -- Show included taxa

Gervais, P. (1844). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Aptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris 3. -- Show included taxa

Greeff, R. (1884). Ueber die Fauna der Guinea-Inseln S. Thomé und Rolas. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg 1884: 41–79. -- Show included taxa

Hansen, H.J. (1894). Organs and characters in different orders of arachnids [second part]. Entomologiske Meddelelser 4: 145–249. -- Show included taxa

Hansen, H.J. (1921). The Pedipalpi, Ricinulei, and Opiliones (exc. Op. Laniatores) collected by Mr. Leonardo Fea in tropical West Africa and adjacent islands. In: Studies on Arthropoda Gyldendalske Boghandel, Kjøbenhavn 1: 1–55. -- 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

Hoeven, J. van der (1842a). Bijdragen tot de Kennis von het geslacht Phrynus, Oliv. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 9: 68–91. -- Show included taxa

Kästner, A. (1932a). Pedipalpi Latreille = Geissel-Scorpione. In: Kükenthal, W. (ed.) Handbuch der Zoologie Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin und Leipzig 3 (2) (2): 1–76. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C.L. (1840). Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur Abgebildet und Beschrieben. C.H. Zeh'schen, Nürnberg 8. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C.L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. J.L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg 5. -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1895). Revision der Tarantuliden Fabr.. Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 13(3): 3–53. -- Show included taxa

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Kraepelin, K. (1901b). Catalogue des Pédipalpes des collections du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 7: 263–264. -- Show included taxa

Lampe, E. (1918). Katalog der Skorpione, Pedipalpen und Solifugen des Naturhistorischen Museums in der Residenzstadt Wiesbaden. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 70: 185–208. -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P.A. (1804). Histoire naturelle, generale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. F. Dufart, Paris 7: 130–132. -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P.A. (1818b). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. V. Agasse, Paris 24. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1958b). A collection of cavernicolous Arachnida from French Equatorial Africa. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 65: 857–866. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1968a). The structure of the cleaning brush on the pedipalps of some African Amblypygi (Arachnida). Journal of Zoology, London 154: 1–8. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1969b). A collection of African Amblypygi with keys to the subfamilies, genera and species of the Ethiopian fauna. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 80: 80–87. -- Show included taxa

Leach, W.E. (1814). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.) The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia Blackwood, Edinburgh 7: 383–437. -- Show included taxa

Lichtenstein, A.A.H. & Herbst, J.F.W. (1797). Naturgeschichte der Insekten-Gattungen Solpuga und Phalangium. In: Herbst, J.F.W. (ed.) Natursystem der Ungeflügelten Insekten G.A. Lange, Berlin 1: viii, 88. -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1858). Aptères. In: Thomson, M.J. (ed.) Archives Entomologiques Bureau du Trésorier de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 2: 377–445. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. (1931). Pedipalpos do Brasil e algumas notas sobre a ordem. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 33: 8–72. -- Show included taxa

Millot, J. (1949d). Ordre des Amblypyges. In: Grassé, P.-P. (ed.) Traité de zoologie Masson, Paris 6: 563–588. -- Show included taxa

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Pereyaslawzewa, S. (1897a). Les premiers stades du développement de Pédipalpes. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 125: 319–321. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R.I. (1894d). Notes on the Pedipalpi of the family Tarantulidae contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 14: 273–298. -- Show included taxa

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Simon, E. (1886c). Untitled. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 6: lxxxvi. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1887a). Arachnides recueillis à Assinie (Afrique occidentale) par MM. Chaper et Alluaud. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 7: 261–276. -- Show included taxa

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Simon, E. (1904a). Etude sur les Arachnides recueillis au cours de la mission Du Bourg de Bozas en Afrique. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 10: 442–448. -- Show included taxa

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Weygoldt, P. (1999b). Sperm transfer, spermatophore morphology, and female genitalia of three species of whip spiders: Charinus seychellarum Kraepelin, 1898, Damon medius (Herbst, 1797), and Phrynichus scaber (Gervais, 1844) (Chelicerata, Amblypygi). Zoologica, Stuttgart 150: 47–64. -- Show included taxa

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Réveillion, F., Montuire, S., Maquart, P.-O., Fétiveau, C. & Bollache, L. (2021). Variations in the carapace shape of whip spiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Journal of Morphology 283: 1003-1014. doi: DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21485 -- Show included taxa

Crews, S.C. & Esposito, L.A. (2022). A checklist of the arachnids from the Gulf of Guinea islands (excluding ticks and mites). In: Ceríaco, M.P., de Lima, R.F., Melo, M., Bell, R.C. Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands Springer, Cham: 273-293. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06153-0 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-04-16 Species updated Old value
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Hoeven, 1842
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1895
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Réveillion, Montuire, Maquart, Fétiveau and Bollache, 2021
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Penney, 2009
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Penney, 2009
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Vitková, Král, Traut, Zrzavý and Marec, 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, 1999
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Lawrence, 1968
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Lawrence, 1958
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Fage, 1954
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Millot, 1949
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Fage, 1939
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Werner, 1935
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Kästner, 1932
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Börner, 1904
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1899
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Hansen, 1894
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Koch, 1840
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Latreille, 1818
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Lichtenstein and Herbst, 1797
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Species updated Old value
2024-03-18 Species updated Old value
2022-10-24 Taxonomic reference update Crews and Esposito, 2022
2022-10-24 New taxonomic reference entry Crews and Esposito, 2022
2022-09-08 New taxonomic reference entry Réveillion, Montuire, Maquart, Fétiveau and Bollache, 2021