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

Ricinoides taii Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Ricinoides taii

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:2650e4f5-cea1-4b89-a671-fd771605736e

Taxonomic references

Ricinoides taii Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini:

Botero-Trujillo, Sain and Prendini, 2021: 1-68, figs. 5, 7F, 8B, 9H, 12F, 13B, 15F, 16B, 18F, 19B, 20H, 21H, 25B, D, F, H, 31B, D, F, H, J, 33H, 34F, tables 1, 2, 5 original description

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: West Africa

Côte d’Ivoire
Type locality: CÔTE D’IVOIRE: Montagnes and Bas-Sassandra Districts: Forêt de Taï

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Taï National Park 5.683333 -6.933333
Type repository
  • Holotype Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC), Belgium Male (MRAC 233.458); The vial containing the holotype includes the following detached pieces: both legs IV, opisthosoma, sinistral pedipalp, distal part of sinistral leg III, and copulatory apparatus. The dextral copulatory apparatus is missing. The female is in similar condition, with all the pieces contained in the same vial.
  • Paratype Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC), Belgium 1 female (MRAC 233.482)
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