- 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)
Original combination: Ricinoides megahanseni
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:b06694b8-a051-4943-bd88-747288a1cf37
Ricinoides
megahanseni
Bambara
megahanseni
(Legg):
Realm: Western Africa
| Côte d’Ivoire |
Coordinates
| Locality | Lat | Lon | |
| 1 | Forêt de Taï | 5.7 | -6.933333 |
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
| 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 |