Ricinoides afzelii (Thorell, 1892)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Cryptostemma Afzelii

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:8f7f7c36-2533-4e4f-bfac-44e8ed40e7e8


Taxonomic references

Cryptostemma afzelii

Thorell, 1892: 10–17, figs 1–8 original description
Hansen and Sørensen, 1904: 150–151, plate VIII figs 2a–g
Petrunkevitch, 1913: n/a, fig. 43
Savory, 1935: n/a, fig. 51

Ricinoides afzelii (Thorell):

Ewing, 1929: 597
Kästner, 1932c: n/a, fig. 140
Bolívar y Pieltain, 1942: 201
Savory, 1964a: n/a, fig. 101 (as Ricinoides afzeli [sic])
Pollock, 1966: 403–405, unnumbered figs
Pollock, 1967: 19–22
Kennaugh, 1968: 394, etc., plates IIb, IIIa, IVb, Vb, VI
Kaestner, 1968: 204, 207
Tuxen, 1974: 91–96, figs 1a, 2–17
Savory, 1977: n/a, fig. 88
Legg, 1978a: 93
Legg, 1978b: 124–125, figs 1–2
Harvey, 1984b: 209, fig. 10
Dunlop, 1994e: n/a, unnumbered fig
Dunlop, 1996d: 195, fig. 11
Coddington and Colwell, 2001: 212
Harvey, 2003c: 183
Naskrecki, 2008: 58, figs 14–19
Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021: 10–19, figs. 5, 6A, 7A, 9A, 11A, 12A, 14A, 15A, 17A, 18A, 20A, 21A, 22A, C, E, G, 28A, C, E, G, I, 33A, 34A, tables 1–3
Botero-Trujillo and Prendini, 2026: 54-55, Figs 5, 8B, Table 1

Distribution
Distribution table
Ghana
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Type locality: Sierra Leone.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Sierra Leone (IMPRECISE) 8.5 -12
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

6054CB20-4D84-408E-B7D7-433145ECE1C8

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. ZooBank: 71C8613F-D067-46FE-A942-8A7EA4196E4E -- Show included taxa

Coddington, J.A. & Colwell, R.K. (2001). Arachnids. In: Levin, S.A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Academic Press, San Diego 1: 199–218. -- Show included taxa

Dunlop, J.[A.] (1994e). Ricinuleids. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 10: 55–58. -- Show included taxa

Dunlop, J.A. (1996d). Evidence for a sister group relationship between Ricinulei and Trigonotarbida. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 193–204. -- 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. ZooBank: 90AC2333-08F3-4F1A-BF25-F97CB1E1EDC2 -- 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. (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

Kaestner, A. (1968). Arthropod relatives, Chelicerata, Myriapoda. In: Invertebrate zoology John Wiley & Sons, New York 2. -- 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

Kennaugh, J.H. (1968). An examination of the cuticle of three species of Ricinulei (Arachnida). Journal of Zoology, London 156: 393–404. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1968.tb04361.x -- Show included taxa

Legg, G. (1978a). Two new ricinuleids from W. Africa (Arachnida: Ricinulei) with a key to the adults of the genus Ricinoides. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 89–99. ZooBank: 2326F38F-39BE-43D0-83A8-C38150FB2C8C -- 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

Naskrecki, P. (2008). A new ricinuleid of the genus Ricinoides Ewing (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Ghana. Zootaxa 1698: 57–64. ZooBank: A5BCB4A0-40A8-4AD6-8494-8E1900412157 doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1698.1.4 -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1913). A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 1–137, pl. 1–13. ZooBank: CA960B92-CB7E-4504-8224-FF2ECF4C5C6C -- Show included taxa

Pollock, J. (1966). Secret life of the ricinuleid. Animals, London 8: 402–405. -- Show included taxa

Pollock, J. (1967). Notes on the biology of Ricinulei (Arachnida). Journal of the West African Science Association 12: 19–22. -- 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

Thorell, T. (1892). On an apparently new arachnid belonging to the family Cryptostemmoidae, Westw.. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar 17: 1–18. ZooBank: 897DAED2-FDA9-416C-A2DE-362DCA518A92 -- 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. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090.448.1.1 -- 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

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Date Type Reference Old value
2026-09-24 New taxonomic reference entry Botero-Trujillo and Prendini, 2026
2022-06-29 Taxonomic reference update Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021
2022-06-29 New taxonomic reference entry Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021