MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 22295

Mermessus nigrus (Millidge, 1991)

Holotype of Eperigone nigra

Date Collected:

1977-04-01/1977-04-30

South America: Colombia: Valle del Cauca | ca. Saladito

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:22295 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Mermessus nigrus (Millidge, 1991)
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Linyphiidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: see J. Miller, 2007
Previous Identification
Eperigone nigra Millidge, 1991
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Linyphiidae
Determiner: A. F. Millidge
Nature of ID: type ID

Millidge 1991, page 141, Holotype of Eperigone nigra Millidge, 1991 p. 141, fig. 569, 570

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: leg: loose, below femur; subsampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2024-12-20
subsampled by = Zoe Flores   determined date=2024-11-22   determined by=Zoe FloresORCID iD icon  
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: Zoe Flores 2024-11-22
citation 1991. Bull. AMNH. NO. 205: 141 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Colombia
  • State/Province:
  • Valle del Cauca
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005078 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • ca. Saladito
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • COLOMBIA, Valle, ca. Saladito
  • Elevation:
  • 1800 m
  • Georeference:
  • 10.6333330°, -74.666667° (Error radius: 3036m) 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
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1977-04-01 / 1977-04-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 4/1977
  • Collector:
  • William G. Eberhard

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