Voraptus tenellus (Simon, 1893:208)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Dendrolycosa tenella Simon, 1893
Designated as the type species of the newly erected genus Voraptus by (Simon, 1898:316; contra Jäger, 2011, who states it was Roewer, 1955:1458).
Conservation Status
Missing (Gerlach, 2014)
Last record: 1908 (Silhouette); 1972 (Mahé) (both Gerlach, 2014)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Mahé & Silhouette, Seychelles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Simon, E. (1893). Arachnides. In: Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud aux îles Seychelles (mars, avril, mai 1892). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 18, 204-211.
Other references:
Benoit, P. L. G. (1978). Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Clubionidae, Ctenidae et Pisauridae (Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 92: 940-946.
Gerlach, J. (2014). Voraptus tenellus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T196513A2458896. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196513A2458896.en. Downloaded on 22 December 2015.
Haddad, Charles R. (2022). A redescription of Voraptus affinis Lessert, 1925 (Araneae: Pisauridae), with comments on the placement of the genus. Arthropoda Selecta 31(4): 496-500. doi:10.15298/arthsel. 31.4.11
Jäger, Peter. (2011). Revision of the spider genera Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876, Sphedanus Thorell 1877 and Dendrolycosa Doleschall 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae). Zootaxa 3046(1): 1-38. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3046.1.1
Jocqué, R. and Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (2007). Spider Families of the World, 2nd edn. Tervuren, Belgium: Royal Museum for Central Africa.
Rainbow, W. J. (1911). A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-320.
Roewer, C. F. (1955). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles, 2, 1-1751. [pp. 355-407]
Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. In: Gerlach, J. and Marusik, Y. M. (eds.). Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306.
Simon, E. (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 193-380. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
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