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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 15953

Araneus bogotensis

Paratype of Araneus quechuana

Date Collected:

1911-08

South America: Peru | Lucma, 6000-7000ft.

Current Identification
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae
Determiner: Herbert W. Levi
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Levi, 1991: 196
Previous Identification
Araneus quechuana Chamberlin, 1916
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae
Determiner: R. V. Chamberlin
Nature of ID: type ID

Chamberlin 1916, page 250, Paratype of Araneus quechuana Chamberlin, 1916 p. 250-251, pl. 19, fig. 1
Levi 1991, page 196, Other Useful Citation of Araneus quechuana Chamberlin, 1916 1991. Bull. MCZ 152(4): 196. synonymy in Levi, 1991 = bogotensis, see p. 196, fig. 1-4, 17-38, map 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 329

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
citation 1916. Bull. MCZ, 60: 250, pl. 19, f. 1 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • Labelled paratype, but not designated in publication. originally as Aranea

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Peru
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000056 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Lucma, 6000-7000ft.
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • PERU, Lucma, 6000-7000ft.
  • 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

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  • [Masked]

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