MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 15728

Araneus tiganus Chamberlin, 1916

Holotype of Araneus tiganus

Date Collected:

1911-08

South America: Peru | Lucma

Current Identification
Araneus tiganus Chamberlin, 1916
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae
Determiner: Ralph V. Chamberlin
Nature of ID: type ID

Chamberlin 1916, page 251, Holotype of Araneus tiganus Chamberlin, 1916 p. 251, pl. 19, fig. 2
Media type: text; Chamberlin 1916 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LX no. 6;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Chamberlin 1916 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LX no. 6

  • collection number: RVC 230

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: loose partial R II; subsampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-09-01
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-09-01   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-09-01
citation 1916. Bull. MCZ, 60: 251, pl. 19, f. 2 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

  • None

  • originally as Aranea tigana

  • None

  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Peru
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000056 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Lucma
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • PERU, Lucma
  • Elevation:
  • 7000 ft
  • Georeference:
  • -11.231111°, -76.933056° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1911-08-01 / 1911-08-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 8/1911
  • Collectors:
  • H. W. Foote; Yale Peruvian Expedition

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]