Taxon details

Family: Gnaphosidae / Genus: Melicymnis

Melicymnis bicolor Simon, 1885

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: j
  • Last updated: 2021-04-24
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051344]
  • Distribution: India
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; jf (AR9664) (Murphy, 2007)
Taxonomic references
Melicymnis bicolor Simon, 1885h: 23, pl. 10, f. 22 (Dj; unidentifiable).
Melicymnis bicolor Murphy, 2007: 589, f. 594 (nomen dubium, citing Platnick 2006, World Spider Catalog. Version 6.5 or 7.0 - apparently never published to be a nomen dubium).
References

Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambridgeshire 1, i-xii, 1-92; 2, i-ii, 93-605. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1885h). Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. I. Arachnides recueillis à Wagra-Karoor près Gundacul, district de Bellary par M. M. Chaper. II. Arachnides recueillis à Ramnad, district de Madura par M. l'abbé Fabre. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 10(1): 1-39. [pl. 10 see Simon, 1885e] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2021-04-24 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2021b Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Zelotes scrutatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)