MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 22846

Araneus quirapan Levi, 1991

Holotype of Araneus quirapan

Date Collected:

1986-08

North America: Mexico: Tlaxcala | Quirapan

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

Levi 1991, page 284, Holotype of Araneus quirapan Levi, 1991 1991. Bull. MCZ 152(4): p. 284, fig. 470-473, map 5

  • field number: FN8-32

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 2021-04-08
subsampled by=Laura Leibensperger   determined date=2021-02-14   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. 14.II.2021.

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [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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  • Specific Locality:
  • Quirapan
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • MEXICO, Tlaxcala; Quirapan, ca. 3000m.
  • Elevation:
  • 3000 m
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1986-08-01 / 1986-08-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 8/1986
  • Collector:
  • William G. Eberhard

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  • [Masked]