MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 22974

Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling)

Holotype of Neoscona salaeria

Date Collected:

1918-01-01/1918-12-31

North America: United States: Utah | Saltair (from publication: Saltair Beach, Great Salt Lake)

Current Identification
Neoscona oaxacensis (Keyserling)
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae
Common Name(s): western spotted orbweaver
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: Levi, 1993
Previous Identification
Neoscona salaeria Chamberlin, 1920
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae
Determiner: Ralph V. Chamberlin
Nature of ID: type ID

Chamberlin 1920, page 167, Holotype of Neoscona salaeria Chamberlin, 1920 p. 167-169, fig. 1, 2

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Part Condition Disposition Count
partial animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: loose partial; subsampled as part of NSF CSBR; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2021-08-25
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2021-08-24   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 2021-08-25
citation 1920. Ent. News, 31: 167, f. 1, 2 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • Holotype or Syntype? He refers to the "types of this species are in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, ... " but only female is illustrated.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Utah
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007827 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Saltair (from publication: Saltair Beach, Great Salt Lake)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Utah, Saltair
  • Elevation:
  • 1300 m
  • Georeference:
  • 40.7472110°, -112.18819° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: Laura Leibensperger on 2019-10-30 (Source: Google Earth)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1918-01-01 / 1918-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1918
  • Collector:
  • R.V. Chamberlin Collection

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