Ricinoides Ewing, 1929

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

Original name: Ricinoides

Gender: n/a

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:f7f5f86b-6739-4fa9-ba9e-48d52496049d

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Genus type

Cryptostemma westermannii Guérin-Méneville, 1838a, by monotypy.

Taxonomic references
Ricinoides
Ewing, 1929: 586 original description
Petrunkevitch, 1955a: 160
Harvey, 2003c: 182, [replacement name for Cryptostemma Guérin-Méneville, 1838a]
Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021: 448
Botero-Trujillo, Davis, Michalik and Prendini, 2022: 493
Botero-Trujillo and Prendini, 2026: 45-54, Figs 1, 2, 5, 6, 8A, B, D, E, G, 9, 10, 11D, 12B, D, E, 13B, 14D, 15, Table 1

Synonyms
Cryptostemma Guérin-Méneville, 1838 -- Reference missing
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:224a1259-4e8d-4c0e-97e8-a61c8f36687f
Cryptostemma
Guérin-Méneville, 1838a: 11 original description
Lucas, 1840: 466
Gervais, 1844: 130–131
Karsch, 1892a: 30–32
Hansen and Sørensen, 1904: 146, [junior homonym of Cryptostemma Herrich-Schäffer, 1835 (Insecta: Hemiptera)]
Zoobank LSID

519FA6FA-3D91-4A32-9AD9-F2C53308809C

References

Ewing, H.E. (1929). A synopsis of the American arachnids of the primitive order Ricinulei. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 22: 583–600. ZooBank: 90AC2333-08F3-4F1A-BF25-F97CB1E1EDC2 -- Show included taxa

Gervais, P. (1844). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Aptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris 3: 85-93. ZooBank: C21A7D07-BB78-4ECC-85CA-8B96DA53ED59 -- Show included taxa

Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1838a). Note sur l'Acanthodon et sur le Cryptostemme, nouveaux genres d'Arachnides. Revue Zoologique 1: 10–14. ZooBank: 7D47A33A-B2FF-4161-B49E-94DCD0DB43F4 -- Show included taxa

Hansen, H.J. & Sørensen, W. (1904). On two orders of Arachnida. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ZooBank: 0CC7E6DA-B25C-4387-A795-0005DBA0D05B -- 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

Karsch, F. (1892a). Ueber Cryptostemme Guér. als einzigen recenten Ausläufer der fosslien Arachnoideen-Ordnung der Meridogastra Thor.. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 37: 25–32. -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. P. Duménil, Paris. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1955a). Arachnida. In: Moore, R.C. (ed.) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. P, Arthropoda University of Kansas Press, Lawrence 2: 42–162. ZooBank: F42C9AFA-4F47-4D06-BD19-40CBA0BFD5FC -- Show included taxa

Botero-Trujillo, R., Sain, C.E. & Prendini, L. (2021). Systematics of the "giant" Ricinulei (Ricinoididae: Ricinoides) of West Africa: with descriptions of five new species and comparative morphology of the male copulatory apparatus. American Museum Novitates 448: 1–68. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090.448.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Botero-Trujillo, R., Davis, S.R., Michalik, P. & Prendini, L. (2022). Hirsutisoma grimaldii sp. nov., a ca. 99-million-year-old ricinuleid (Primoricinulei, Hirsutisomidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber with a corticolous, scansorial lifestyle. Palaeoentomology 5(5): 493-504. ZooBank: 0EBF1D41-2E9F-4D79-96F0-2F4CBA07587A doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.11 -- Show included taxa

Botero-Trujillo, R. & Prendini, L. (2026). Phylogeny and revised generic classification of African Ricinulei (Ricinoididae), descriptions of five new genera, three new species, and comparative morphology of the male copulatory apparatus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 480: 1–92. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090.480.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-09-24 New taxonomic reference entry Botero-Trujillo and Prendini, 2026
2022-12-08 New taxonomic reference entry Botero-Trujillo, Davis, Michalik and Prendini, 2022
2022-06-18 New taxonomic reference entry Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021