Bambara megahanseni (Legg, 1982)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Ricinoides megahanseni

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:b06694b8-a051-4943-bd88-747288a1cf37


Taxonomic references

Ricinoides megahanseni

Legg, 1982: 290–296, figs 2, 3a–c, 4a–e, 5a–d original description
Harvey, 2003c: 183
Murienne, Benavides, Prendini, Hormiga and Giribet, 2013: 3-5, Figs 1-2
Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. and Prendini, 2021: 12, 33, 62
Sato, Derkarabetian, Valdez-Mondragón, Pérez-González, Benavides, Daniels and Giribet, 2024: 2, 8, Figs. 1a, 4a

Bambara megahanseni (Legg):

Botero-Trujillo and Prendini, 2026: 36-39, Fig. 4, Table 1

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Western Africa

Côte d’Ivoire
Type locality: Forêt de Taï, Bas-Sassandra, Côte d’Ivoire.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Forêt de Taï 5.7 -6.933333
Type repository
  • Holotype Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 1♀ (no registration number)
  • Paratype Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 2 protonymphs, 2 larva (no registration number)
Zoobank LSID

E2DCC9B8-5D6C-465F-8770-A05E9F28B8A6

References

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

Legg, G. (1982). Some Ricinulei (Arachnida) from Ivory Coast, including a new species and a note on the immature stages of Ricinoides westermanni (Hansen and Sørensen). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 89: 287–296. ZooBank: 9A23BDAD-C932-432A-9629-CB0BC72F38CB -- Show included taxa

Murienne, J., Benavides, L.R., Prendini, L., Hormiga, G. & Giribet, G. (2013). Forest refugia in Western and Central Africa as ‘museums’ of Mesozoic biodiversity. 9: 1–7. -- Show included taxa

Botero-Trujillo, R., Carvalho, M.C., Florez D., E. & Prendini, L. (2021). Four new species of “hooded tick-spiders” (Ricinulei, Ricinoididae) from South and Central America : with clarification of the identity of Cryptocellus leleupi Cooreman, 1976. American Museum Novitates 3976: 1-35. doi: 10.1206/3976.1 -- Show included taxa

Sato, S., Derkarabetian, S., Valdez-Mondragón, A., Pérez-Gonzáles, A., Benavides, L.R., Daniels, S.R. & Giribet, G. (2024). Under the hood: Phylogenomics of hooded tick spiders (Arachnida, Ricinulei) uncovers discordance between morphology and molecules. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 193(108026): 1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108026 -- 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
2026-11-03 New taxonomic reference entry Murienne, Benavides, Prendini, Hormiga and Giribet, 2013
2026-11-03 New taxonomic reference entry Botero-Trujillo, Carvalho, Florez D. and Prendini, 2021
2026-11-03 New taxonomic reference entry Sato, Derkarabetian, Valdez-Mondragón, Pérez-González, Benavides, Daniels and Giribet, 2024
2026-11-03 New taxonomic reference entry Botero-Trujillo and Prendini, 2026
2026-11-03 Species updated Old value