This species is 64% complete

Idiothele nigrofulva (Pocock, 1898)

Southern Africa ♂♀
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IUCN Red List Status
Idiothele nigrofulva
Idiothele nigrofulva
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Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Idiothele nigrofulva
Synonyms : Harpactirella leleupi
    • Pterinochilus nigrofulvus Pocock, 1898
    • Pterinochilus crassispina Purcell, 1902
    • Idiothele nigrofulvus Hewitt, 1919
    • Harpactirella leleupi Benoit, 1965
    • Pterinochilus crassispana Smith, 1989
    • Pterinochilus crassispina Smith, 1990
    • Pterinochilus nigrofulvus Smith, 1990
    • Pterinochilus crassispina Peters, 1998
    • Pterinochilus nigrofulvus Peters, 1998
    • Idiothele nigrofulva Gallon, 2002

Specimen Records

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Pterinochilus crassispina
♂ (?), South Africa
♀ (?), South Africa
♂ (?), South Africa
Holotype : ♂ (SAM-ENWX006252), Zimbabwe
Harpactirella leleupi
Holotype : ♀ (MRAC 116.016), Zimbabwe
Pterinochilus nigrofulvus
Syntype : (BMNH 98.5.7.24), South Africa
Idiothele nigrofulva
♂ (BMNH), South Africa;
♂ (TM 1002), South Africa
♀ (NMZA 7760), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 7761), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 7789), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 9057), Mozambique
♀ (PPRI AcAT 78/598), South Africa
♀ (PPRI AcAT 78/599), South Africa
♀ (PPRI AcAT 78/603), South Africa
(PPRI AcAT 80/144), South Africa
(PPRI AcAT 84/772), South Africa
(PPRI AcAT 91/1401), South Africa
♀ (PPRI AcAT 91/1441), South Africa
♂ (SAM-ENW-B006621), Mozambique
♂ (TM 13493), South Africa
♀ (NMZA 7247), Zimbabwe
♂ (TM 15625), South Africa
♂ (TM 15626), South Africa
♂ (TM 15631), South Africa
♀ (TM 15746), South Africa
♂ (TM 15750), South Africa
♂ (TM 3956), South Africa
Holotype : ♀ (TM 3957), South Africa
♀ (TM 5212), South Africa
♀ (TM 5249), South Africa
♂ (TM 5289), South Africa
♂ (TM 5441), South Africa
♂ (TM 5442), South Africa
♂ (TM 6118), South Africa
♀ (NMZA 7756), Zimbabwe
♀ (NMZA 6421), Zimbabwe
♂ (BMNH 03.7.14.56.57), South Africa;
♂ (NMBA 692), South Africa
♀ (BMNH 05.3.30.31), South Africa;
♀ (BMNH 08 .12.28.8), Zimbabwe;
♀ (BMNH 08.12.28.9), Zimbabwe.
♀ (BMNH 12.8.10.2), South Africa;
♀ (BMNH 99.5.4.15), Zimbabwe;
♂ (BMNH 99.5.4.16), Zimbabwe;
♀ (PPRI AcAT 2009/3005), South Africa;
♂ (MWNH), Namibia
♂ (NMBA 233), South Africa
♂ (NMBA 2799), South Africa
♂ (NMBA 3140), South Africa
♂ (NMBA 3443), South Africa
♂ (NMBA 3727), South Africa
♂ (NMBA 8254), South Africa
♂ (NMZA 5341), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMBA 8255), South Africa
♂ (NMZA 10487), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 1150), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 1426), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 1628), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 1633), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 1656), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 1742), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 2009), Botswana
♂ (NMZA 2013), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 2083), Zimbabwe
♂ (NMZA 2719), Zimbabwe
♀ (NMZA 3113), Zimbabwe
♂ (ZMB 31147), Namibia

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