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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 15732

Araneus meropes (Keyserling, 1865)

Holotype of Araneus plesius

Date Collected:

1911-09-03

South America: Peru | Sorontoy

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:15732 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Araneus meropes (Keyserling, 1865)
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae
Determiner: Herbert W. Levi
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Levi, 1991: 222
Previous Identification
Araneus plesius Chamberlin, 1916
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae
Determiner: R. V. Chamberlin
Nature of ID: type ID

Chamberlin 1916, page 253, Holotype of Araneus plesius Chamberlin, 1916 p. 253-254, pl. 19, f. 5
Levi 1991, page 223, Other Useful Citation of Araneus plesius Chamberlin, 1916 1991. Bull. MCZ 152(4): synonymy = meropes, Levi, 1991: 223, fig. 158-167, map 3
Media type: text; Chamberlin 1916 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LX no. 6;

(Media Record)(media file)

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

  • collection number: RVC 234

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: loose partial (R III?); subsampled as part of NSF CSBR; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-08-25
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-08-23   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2021-08-25

  • None

  • originally as Aranea plesia

  • None

  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Peru
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000056 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Sorontoy
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • PERU, Sorontoy
  • Elevation:
  • 7000 ft
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1911-09-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 3/9/1911
  • Collectors:
  • H. W. Foote; Yale Peruvian Expedition

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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