One step forward and two steps back: on three jumping spiders described by H. D. Badcock deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, and two species newly recorded for Argentina (Araneae: Salticidae)
Author
Sherwood, Danniella
Author
Nada, MarÍ ́ a Florencia
Author
Pet, Brogan L.
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Peckhamia
2023
2023-06-04
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10.5281/zenodo.8006064
1944-8120
8006064
8348154A-B3E6-4ECB-AAF1-78869BF49A4E
Plexippus luteus
Badcock, 1932
nomen dubium
Plexippus luteus
Badcock, 1932: 44
. (imm.)
Plexippus luteus
:
Prośzynśki (2017)
, 43.
Type material.
Holotype
imm. (
BMNH
1932.9.2.74),
Nanahua
,
Paraguayan
Chaco
,
01/03/1927
, coll.
G. S. Carter
examined.
Remarks.
The
holotype
of
P. luteus
is an immature (
Figs. 1–2
) and this was recognised by
Badcock (1932)
. The
World Spider Catalog (2023)
mistakenly indicates that Badcock described this species as a male.
Plexippus luteus
is not able to be recognised based on the morphology of the specimen or from the original written description.
Prośzynśki (2017)
referred to this taxon as an "unrecognisable species," which is interpreted as a
species inquirenda
by the
World Spider Catalog (2023)
, although that term was not used explicitly by
Prośzynśki (2017)
. We agree that this species is unrecognisable, and that as a juvenile it may correspond to more than one species occurring at the type locality. We hereby formally propose
P. luteus
as a
nomen dubium
.
Figures 1–2.
Plexippus luteus
Badcock, 1932
nomen dubium
holotype immature (BMNH
1932.9.2.74).
1,
Dorsal view.
2,
Ventral view.