Ricinoides westermannii (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Cryptostemma Westermannii

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:ac27463b-978c-497b-aab2-23fb0bc2677b


Genus type of Cryptostemma Guérin-Méneville, 1838

Taxonomic references

Cryptostemma westermannii

Guérin-Méneville, 1838a: 11–12 original description
Lucas, 1838: 353–354, plate 539 figs 7, 7a
Lucas, 1840: 466
Gervais, 1844: 131, plate 47 fig. 4
Börner, 1902a: n/a, fig. 8 (as Cryptostemma westermanni)
Börner, 1903: n/a, figs 5, 6 (as Cryptostemma westermanni)
Frič, 1904: n/a, fig. 36
Hansen and Sørensen, 1904: 149–150, plate VII figs 3a–b, plate VIII figs 1a–f
Hansen, 1930: n/a, plate 14 fig. 9a (as Cryptostemma westermanni)
Moritz and Fischer, 1980: 139

Ricinoides westermannii (Guérin-Méneville):

Ewing, 1929: 597 (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Kästner, 1932c: n/a, fig. 144 (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Savory, 1935: n/a, fig. 50 (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Bolívar y Pieltain, 1942: 201 (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Snodgrass, 1948: n/a, fig. 10b (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Savory, 1964a: n/a, fig. 100 (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Tuxen, 1974: 102–103, figs 1d, 34–38 (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Savory, 1977: n/a, fig. 87 (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Legg, 1978b: 124 (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Legg, 1982: 288–290, figs 1a–c (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Harvey, 1984b: 205–207, figs 1–9
Dunlop, 2002a: n/a, figs 2f-g (as Ricinoides westermanni)
Harvey, 2003c: 184
Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021: 62-64, figs. 4A, 5, 8C, 10A, 13C, 16C, 19C, 20I, 21I, 26, 32, 33I, tables 1, 2, 5


Synonyms
Cryptostemma plebejum Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 -- synonymised by Legg, 1978b: 124
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Cryptostemma plebejum
Hansen and Sørensen, 1904: 148, plate VII figs 2a–f original description
Moritz and Fischer, 1980: 139 (synonymised by Legg, 1978b: 124)
Ricinoides plebejum (Hansen and Sørensen):
Ewing, 1929: 597
Bolívar y Pieltain, 1942: 201
Tuxen, 1974: 105
Distribution
Distribution table
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Togo
Type locality: Bismarckbourg, Centrale, Togo.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Bismarckbourg 8.183333 0.683333
Type repository
  • NT male (ZMB 7013)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2CB48FC7-DA0A-4AF9-B978-D102342FAA71

References

Bolívar y Pieltain, C. (1942). Estudio de un Ricinulideo de la Caverna de Cacahuamilpa, Guerrero, Mex. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 2: 197–209. -- Show included taxa

Börner, C. (1902a). Arachnologische Studien. (II und III). Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 433–466. -- Show included taxa

Börner, C. (1903). Über die Beingliederung der Arthropoden. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender der Freunde zu Berlin 7: 292–341. -- Show included taxa

Dunlop, J.A. (2002a). Character states and evolution of the chelicerate claws. In: Toft, S. and Scharff, N. (ed.) European Arachnology Aarhus University Press, Aarhus: 345–354. -- Show included taxa

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. -- Show included taxa

Frič, A. (1904). Palaeozoische Arachniden. A. Frič, Prague. -- Show included taxa

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

Hansen, H.J. (1930). On the comparative morphology of the appendages in the Arthropoda. B. Crustacea (supplement), Insecta, Myriopoda, and Arachnida. In: Studies on Arthropoda Gyldendalske Boghandel, Kjøbenhavn 3: 1–376. -- Show included taxa

Hansen, H.J. & Sørensen, W. (1904). On two orders of Arachnida. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1984b). The female of Ricinoides westermannii (Guérin-Méneville), with notes on those of R. afzelii (Thorell) and R. karschii (Hansen & Sørensen) (Ricinulei). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 6: 205–210. -- 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

Kästner, A. (1932c). Ricinulei Thorell. In: Kükenthal, W. (ed.) Handbuch der Zoologie Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin und Leipzig 3 (2) (4): 99–116. -- Show included taxa

Legg, G. (1978b). The status of Ricinoides plebejus and a note on R. afzelii (Ricinulei, Arachnida). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 124–125. -- 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. -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1838). Phalangiens. In: Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle Bureau de Souscription, Paris 7: ?–354. -- Show included taxa

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

Moritz, M. & Fischer, S.-C. (1980). Die Typen der Arachniden-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. II. Uropygi, Amblypygi, Schizomida, Ricinulei, Solifuga. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 56: 137–154. -- Show included taxa

Savory, T.H. (1935). The Arachnida. Edward Arnold and Co., London. -- Show included taxa

Savory, T.H. (1964a). Arachnida. Academic Press, London. -- Show included taxa

Savory, T.H. (1977). Arachnida. Academic Press, London. [2nd edition] -- Show included taxa

Snodgrass, R.E. (1948). The feeding organs of Arachnida, including mites and ticks. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 110(10): 1–93. -- Show included taxa

Tuxen, S.L. (1974). The African genus Ricinoides (Arachnida, Ricinulei). Journal of Arachnology 1: 85–106. -- 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. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-06-29 New taxonomic reference entry Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021