MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 21436

Selenops mexicanus Keyserling, 1880

Syntype of Selenops galapagoensis

Date Collected:

1898-02-01/1899-02-28

South America: Ecuador: Galápagos: Galapagos Archipelago | Chatham (= San Cristobal) and Albemarle (=Isabela) Islands

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:21436 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Selenops mexicanus Keyserling, 1880
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Selenopidae
Determiner: World Spider Catalog, 19.5 (2019)
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: original revision by ?
Previous Identification
Selenops galapagoensis Banks, 1902
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Selenopidae
Determiner: Nathan Bankslinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID

Banks 1902, page 63, Syntype of Selenops galapagoensis Banks, 1902 p. 63, pl. 1, fig. 8

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Banks 1902 Description: Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedi- tion, 1898-1899. 7. Entomological results (6). Arachnida. With field notes by R. ...

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: leg: loose R IV; subsampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-11-30
subsampled by=Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-11-29   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 2021-11-30
citation 1902. Proc. Wash Acad. Sci., 4: 63, pl. 1, fig. 8 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • Publication refers to 6 spec. from Chatham and Albemarle, in February.

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Ecuador
  • State/Province:
  • Galápagos
  • Island Group:
  • Galapagos Archipelago
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Chatham (= San Cristobal) and Albemarle (=Isabela) Islands
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Chatham and Albemarle Islands
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1898-02-01 / 1899-02-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1898-1899 (Feb.)
  • Collectors:
  • Hopkins-Stanford Galapagos Expedition 1898-99; Nathan Banks Collection

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