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Issue: Vol. 1003 No. 1: 3 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1003.1.3
Page range: 45–56
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 3

Encyocratella olivacea Strand, 1907, a senior synonym of Xenodendrophila gabrieli Gallon, 2003 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Stromatopelminae) with a description of the male

23a Roumania Crescent, Llandudno, North Wales, LL30 1UP, United Kingdom
Araneae Chaetopelma strandi spider taxonomy junior synonym first description Africa

Abstract

Encyocratella Strand, 1907 is removed from the synonymy with Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871, and proposed as a senior synonym of Xenodendrophila Gallon, 2003. As a consequence, the secondary homonymy between Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841) and Chaetopelma olivaceum (Strand, 1907) is rejected. Chaetopelma strandi Schmidt, 1991, previously applied as a nomen novum for Chaetopelma olivaceum (Strand, 1907), is treated as a junior synonym of Encyocratella olivacea Strand, 1907. Xenodendrophila gabrieli Gallon, 2003 is also considered a junior synonym of E. olivacea Strand, 1907 and the male is described for the first time.

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