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MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 21582

Araneus huixtla Levi, 1991

Holotype of Araneus huixtla

Date Collected:

1966-02-26

North America: Mexico: Chiapas | 33.7 mi. N of Huixtla

Current Identification
Araneus huixtla Levi, 1991
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae
Determiner: Herbert W. Levi
Nature of ID: type ID

Levi 1991, page 286, Holotype of Araneus huixtla Levi, 1991 1991. Bull. MCZ 152(4): p. 286, 288, fig. 497, 498, map 5

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal: tissue (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: leg: L III; subsampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-04-01
subsampled by=Laura Leibensperger   determined date=2021-01-30   determined by=Laura Leibenspergerlinked data icon   remark=L III  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: Leg L III removed for eventual transfer to CRYO Coll. 30.I.2021.

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Adam J. Baldinger 2021-04-05

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Chiapas
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005580 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • 33.7 mi. N of Huixtla
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • MEXICO, Chiapas, 33.7 mi. N of Huixtla
  • Elevation:
  • 6000 m
  • Georeference:
  • 15.5049050, -92.551779 (Error radius: 41679m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1966-02-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 26/2/1966
  • Collector:
  • Ball and Whitehead

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