MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 38887

Ortholasma levipes Shear and Gruber, 1983

Syntype of Ortholasma rugosa  
  Paratype of Ortholasma levipes

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1894-12-31

North America: United States | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
Ortholasma levipes Shear and Gruber, 1983
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Opiliones Dyspnoi Nemastomatidae Ortholasmatinae
Determiner: Shear and Gruber
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Ortholasma rugosa Banks, 1894
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Opiliones Dyspnoi Nemastomatidae Ortholasmatinae
Determiner: Nathan Bankslinked data icon
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: part of Banks' type series of Ortholasma rugosa

Shear and Gruber 1983, page 31, Paratype of Ortholasma levipes Shear and Gruber, 1983 p. 31-38, fig. 75-106, map 1

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data]

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  • Original label says that the specimen was a lectotype for the species "Ortholasma rugosa", but has since been determined as Ortholasma levipes

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7012149 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, California
  • Georeference:
  • 44.6849130°, -122.21142° (Error radius: 4340670m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-11-30 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1894-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • pre-1894 publication date
  • Collector:
  • Nathan Banks Collection

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