Genus: Ricinoides Ewing, 1929 | Family: Ricinoididae Ewing, 1929 | Order: Ricinulei Thorell, 1876

Ricinoides kakum Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Ricinoides kakum

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:b7b69138-df47-456a-ae9e-44d592584489

Taxonomic references

Ricinoides kakum Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini:

Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021: 1-68, figs. 4B, F, 5, 6F, 7D, 9F, 11F, 12D, 14F, 15D, 17F, 18D, 20F, 21F, 24B, D, F, H, 30B, D, F, H, J, 33F, 34D, tables 1, 2, 4 original description

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: West Africa

Ghana
Type locality:
GHANA: Central Region: Kakum Forest

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Kakum National Park 5.35 -1.383333
Type repository
  • Holotype Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC), Belgium Male (MRAC 217.183), A microvial contains the following detached pieces: sinistral leg III distal region with copulatory apparatus, and dextral copulatory apparatus
  • Paratype Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC), Belgium 2 females (MRAC 217.183)
References

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
2022-06-29 New species inserted