Gen.
Modisimus Simon, 1893 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00401 ]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Hedypsilus Simon, 1893e: 322 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04888] (type H. culicinus Simon, 1893) by Huber, 1997a: 238; Hedypsilus was considered a senior synonym of Modisimops Mello-Leitão, 1946a: 50 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04889] (type Modisimus dilutus Gertsch, 1941) by Gertsch & Peck, 1992: 1191 (contra Brignoli, 1974f: 220); considered a senior synonym of Platnicknia Özdikmen & Demir, 2009: 299 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03881] by Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018: 99; Platnicknia is a replacement name for Bryantina Brignoli, 1985a: 380 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04542], preoccupied in Diptera by Malloch, 1926; Bryantina is a replacement name for Bryantia Mello-Leitão, 1946a: 50 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00375] (type Systenita coxana Bryant, 1940), preoccupied in Lepidoptera by Schaus, 1922.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-04-01
2024-04-01
Described in
Simon, 1893a: 485 (type Modisimus glaucus Simon, 1893; gender masculine)
Simon, 1893a: 485 (type Modisimus glaucus Simon, 1893; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 84 | accepted |
| 3 | synonym |
Reference
Edit history
Simon, E. (1893a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 257-488. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-15 | Genus synonymy | Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018 | Platnicknia synonymized with Modisimus |